1. HOW DID YOU
ATTRACT/ADDRESS
YOUR AUDIENCE?
Jacob O’Neil

2. Genre
 For our film we used the mob genre which is a subgenre
of American crime films dealing with organized
crime, often specifically with the Mafia. Especially in
early mob films, there is considerable overlap with film
noir.

3. Genre
 For our film we used the mob genre which is a subgenre
of American crime films dealing with organized
crime, often specifically with the Mafia. Especially in
early mob films, there is considerable overlap with film
noir. Film noir is the cinematic term
for Hollywood crime thrillers
from the early 1940’s to the
late 1950’s

4. Film noir is the cinematic term
for Hollywood crime thrillers
from the early 1940’s to the
late 1950’s
Genre
 For our film we used the mob genre which is a subgenre
of American crime films dealing with organized
crime, often specifically with the Mafia. Especially in
early mob films, there is considerable overlap with film
noir.
 For our film we really looked up to some other films that
have really been at the top of the Mob genre for

5. Genre
 Crime stories in this genre often highlight the life of a
crime figure or a crime's victims or they glorify the rise
and fall of a particular criminals, gang, bank
robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power
struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an
underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang

6. Genre
 Crime stories in this genre often highlight the life of a
crime figure or a crime's victims or they glorify the rise
and fall of a particular criminals, gang, bank
robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power
struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an
underling or competitive colleague, or a rival gang
 Headline-grabbing situations, real-life gangsters, or
crime reports have often been used in crime films

7. Genre
 Gangster/crime films are usually set in large, crowded
cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the
criminal: dark nightclubs or streets with lurid neon
signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy
bars, contraband, seedy living quarters or rooming
houses

8. Genre
 Gangster/crime films are usually set in large, crowded
cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the
criminal: dark nightclubs or streets with lurid neon
signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy
bars, contraband, seedy living quarters or rooming
houses.
 Exotic locales for crimes often add an element of
adventure and wealth. Writers dreamed up appropriate
gangland jargon for the tales, such as "tommy guns" or
"molls."

9. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory

10. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes through

11. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes throughEquilibrium

12. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes throughEquilibrium
Disruption of
Equilibrium

13. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes throughEquilibrium
Disruption of
Equilibrium
Recognition of
the Equilibrium

14. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes throughEquilibrium
Disruption of
Equilibrium
Recognition of
the Equilibrium
Attempt to
repair the
damage

15. Narrative
 For our film we focused on following Tzvetan
Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory
 This follows the idea that throughout the
duration of the film the ‘Equilibrium’ or the
normal is always out of sync, there are 5
stages that it goes throughEquilibrium
Disruption of
Equilibrium
Recognition of
the Equilibrium
Attempt to
repair the
damage
New
Equilibrium