ideas or issues which affect the story line.
The narrative of the genre is the actual story of the film.
Characters are the people who appear within the film.
The theme or themes of the film are ideas or issues which affect the story line
Iconography
The visual art of the film. Example Typical Horror movie
Narrative: Teenagers murdered by serial killer
Characters: Teenagers; Young boy who thinks he is cool, blonde girl, other characters similar, murderer.
Themes: Murder, Hostage
Iconography: Abandoned house, night, one location.
Our film genre is Crime/Thriller. The conventions
- Big cities
- Glorifies drugs
- Glorifies murder
- Small crimes
- Rise to top
- Rival gangs
- Big shoot out
- Money normally the cause
- Big cities
- Ethnic rivalry/Ethnic gangs
Here are examples that would relate or influence our opening sequence due to similarities in genre, resulting in a similarities in conventions. Reservoir dogs, The Godfather and Menace II Society.
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