2. SUB GENRE’S OF CRIME INCLUDE:
• Crime-comedy e.g. Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels, In Bruges, Snatch.
• Crime-thriller e.g. Reservoir dogs, Oceans 11-
13, Law Abiding Citizen.
3. ACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRIME
GENRE
• Ray Winstone
• Vinnie Jones
• Robert De Niro
• Al Pacino
• Matt Damon
4. Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels-
Opening scene analysis
• Someone is selling goods on a stall
• At the start of the scene there is a establishing shot, as you can see all the
customers. It then zooms into the seller who is speaking, the shot
movement used is zoom.
• Text then comes onto the screen, then there is a close-up shot of the
seller.
• There is another piece of text, then when the scene comes back on there
is a mid-shot of the seller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1UXSxTjfo
5. Law Abiding Citizen- Opening scene
analysis
• There is an extreme close up of some letter beads, the camera shot
movement is pan, as it moves horizontally from an extreme close up shot
of the beads to a child's hand and then to a bracelet containing the letter
beads.
• There is then another extreme close up of an object, moving onto a close
up of the man who is controlling the objects.
• The shot movement used when the man goes to open the door is track as
the camera is following him when he goes to open the door.
• There is a close up shot of the man when opening the door, and then the
shot movement used is track as it is following the two criminals who are
attacking the man and his family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FAyARAVVI
6. Ocean’s Eleven - Opening scene
analysis
• At the start of the scene, the shot movement used is static. This is because
the camera stays still looking at a chair, which the prisoner then sits down
at.
• The type of shot used at the prisoner is the mid-shot as we can see him
from the waist up.
• The shot angle used is the flat angle shot, as the camera is looking straight
at the person.
• At the end of the scene there is then an close up of the prisoner, the scene
then fades away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcVOfUtzq7c
7. The Godfather- Opening scene
analysis
• There is an extreme close up of a man speaking, the shot movement is
zoom as the camera slowly zooms out of the mans face to a close up.
• The shot angle being used is a flat angle shot, as the camera is looking
straight at the person.
• The camera zooms all the way out to where the shot used is a mid-shot as
you can see the man speaking from the waist up.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDgSc_IZNn4
8. Snatch- Opening scene analysis
• At the start of the scene there is a long shot of the three diamond robbers,
there is then a long shot of the bank owner. The camera then moves back
onto the bank robber with a long shot and zoom is used as the shot
movement as the camera is zoomed into the robbers jacket, where he is
hiding weapons.
• In the next few seconds of the scene there are various close up shots of
the robbers to show there emotion while they are wielding their guns. The
shot movement used throughout the scene is zoom, as the type of shot
usually starts as a long shot then becomes an extreme close up shot.
• There is an extreme close up shot of the diamonds, with the mans handing
taking them.
• The scene is very fact paced, as there is so much going on during the
robbery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWxU7tclsw
9. WHAT IS THE CRIME GENRE?
The crime genre is normally based around a specific criminals
life. The film will revolve around the criminal, with their friends
and enemies regularly involved in the film, the films are often
fact paced, with a lot of things going on at once. An example of a
crime story would be a detective following a criminal every
move, with the criminal always being one step ahead of the
detective.
