Conventions of a Real Media Text

The conventions of a usual Crime and Gangster film include things like guns, crime and violence. We have followed these rules into our film to make it look as professional as possible. Another convention in the Crime and Gangster genre is to have the characters in your film to be dangerous and to not have any fear of opposing characters, the actors we have chosen can fit into this category as they both look very intimidating and both actors can act the part well. Both our actors are dressed conventionally but both are rather well groomed so that may take the audience away from the atmosphere we are trying to create throughout the film as the may not believe that they can be a dangerous pair even with the intimidating look.

The setting we chose at the beginning of the film stays in the generics of a Crime and Gangster film as it is very rough looking with smashed windows and graffiti along the walls. We believe this will make the atmosphere even more believable as it will look authentic and not a set up spot. It also looks as if this kind of activity would occur there on a regular basis.

Most Crime and Gangster films have a very dark and sinister light to them. We tried not to break this convention by keeping the lighting dull and kind of eerie, this should keep the audience believing that it is actually happening and there shouldn't be a contrast between the darkness of the activity and the dim light.

When we were discussing our film idea we decided that instead of following what most other Crime and Gangster films seem to lose, we would make our own twist to the generics and focus more on the plot as opposed to dwelling on action scenes for an extended period of time which can cause the audience to sometimes be taken away from the film and make them feel less involved. The way we did it with showing more of the plot should make the viewer feel like they are 'in the know' and they are almost part of what is going on, this should make them want to watch the entire film as they will want to know how it came to the outcome shown at the beginning.