Main Task


 In my main task for the media coursework I must create the titles and opening of a new Crime fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes. All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate, with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks will be completed as a group. There are 4 members in our group.


Conventions of the Crime Film
The main conventions of crime genre are:

• Film Noir - Sunset Boulevard
• American Gangster - Scarface, Godfather
• Detective - Poirot
• Spy - Casino Royale
• Police - Hot Fuzz
• Action - Lethal Weapon

Our chosen sub-genre is an Italian American Gangster Parody, based around the mob gangster stereotype. The usual things that we will hope to include to represent the american gangster area are the upper class type of people, guns, cigarettes, tuxedos/suits, hired help and low key lighting.

These images are example of what we might include in our film:


Low key lighting

Toy Guns

Cigar/cigarettes

Tuxedo/suits