Gangster film poster

Gangster pitch expanded

I've come up with a name for the film: Unforeseen Circumstances. It links to the fact the Mafia didn't know the victim had a gun.

The target audience for the film would be 15-16 years and up.

The unique selling point of the film is that I'm blending classic gangster with modern action. There'll be aspects of the stereotypical Mafia boss but also modern action scenes.
An example of this is I'm giving the film a non linear sequence and hope to show glimpses of the shoot out between the gangsters and the victim.  

The Godfather opening

 This isn't an analysis I posted the video as it shows the vibe I want for our opening.


For example the lighting, Its very dark and low key however when we see the Godfather he's in high key lighting to show his dominance. Also the setting ideally I'd do the filming in a dark office but use the same lighting as you see in the Godfather.

Analysis of film openings - Reservoir Dogs

     Analysis of Film openings- Reservoir dogs


Mise-en-scene: Costume- Suits and sunglasses, trendy business like.



Lighting - Daytime, high key, natural light

Actors- Serious facial expressions, focused, ready to work, use of enigma, makes you think why are they so serious.

Props - Sunglasses, table, money, car.

Setting- a cafe, a street then finally a car.





Editing: Fast cuts, jump cuts invisible editing. Adds to tempo





Camera: Mid shots, close ups and tracking shots all help establish who the characters are.



Sound: Diagetic- dialogue, car driving.

Non diagetic - music helps to establish that these are trendy yet also serious people

Analysis of AS1011 It's too Late

 Analysis of its too late


In class we were told to analysis film openings made by last year's media students here is my analysis of Its too late.



Mise-en-scene: Costume- Sixth form dress code, trendy yet also smart and respectable, to me this tells us the age of the characters. 16-18

Actors- Actors are seen in photos so facial expressions vary.

Make up- Can't tell due to black and white picture and still images.

Props- Rucksacks, highlighters, newspapers

Setting- No real setting as It's mainly credits and still images.



Editing: fast cuts, invisible editing adds to suspense, marker drawings edited in later. An aspect of enigma as because the shots are so fast it keeps you guessing.


Camera: Black and white, picture, I feel this is to show elements of film noire and it grabs the audience's attention as black and white is a rarity. close up of credits embedded in newspapers.

Sound: Only sound is non diagetic music.



I like the use of enigma as there's no dialogue, its 2 minutes of still images it and the music used all help build suspense and make you wonder whats going to happen next, the music also adds to this 

Gangster film opening pitch

Im going to pitch the film plot then later in the group if we choose this decide what to keep.

A man who hires a crime boss enters the Don's office and sees the man he asked the mafia to beat tied to a chair with a pillowcase over his head. After some dialogue the man removes the pillowcase to find the victim is dead, because he started shooting at the gangsters. Because of this the Don asks for more money after some arguing the Don offers an ultimatium, 72 hours to get the money or the mafia will hunt him down and kill him.

Cast list
Don- Henry Inman
gangster heavy- James Quinlan
Man who hired Mafia- Pete Fawcett
Victim- Johnny Knibbs  

Pitch brainstorm

In todays lesson we continued my group continued talking about what we would do for are film opening and we narrowed it down to 3 ideas these are:
Gangster
Detective
and spoof horror.

we then decided that each of us would put 1 pitch idea on our blog.
I'm pitching gangster