New film research

After our group changing our genre from horror to british gangster, i had to do some more research on films within this genre.

The first film i watched was Green street.

At the start of green street, he hands over some money to people at the airport to pay for his flight. As background noise is a non-diagetic sound, music, playing. This means the character cannot hear the sound that the audience can. There is a mid shot on him and as this shot is happening, there is a voice over of him, telling us a brief explanation of him. He then gets onto a train and goes onto the underground.

• In most gangster films, i have realised that there is nearly always a voice over. (the non-diagetic music in the background is still being played but quieter)
• Titles are being played over the shots of the man.
• There is a lot of close ups on him as well as long shots.
• There is an establishing shot of him when he arrives in the other airport, walking down a slope.
• There was a close up on a piece of work that he had done. (This suggests that it is an important document which the audience needs to see

I have to do some more research on other britsih gangster films to get a better understanding and more clearer view on the genre.