Gangster Genre Database Entry

1. Genre: Gangster

2. Genre Conventions (content): Setting: urban area, ghetto or rundown city. Props: guns, drugs, cash money. Character Costumes: Dark (usually black and white or shade of brown) suits. Some red included to represent power. Score: suspenseful, low tone music, sometimes classical

3. Genre conventions (production techniques): dark, not vibrant color scheme. 

4. Institutional Conventions: Usually marketed depicting crime, killing between two groups or main characters. 

5. Film Sample #1: The Godfather

     This film represents my genre very well as it is often looked to as the benchmark for gangster             movies. It takes place in New York, which is an urban area. Furthermore, it deals with the                   inner workings of a fictional mafia. The characters are seen wearing black suits, sometimes with         red accents.The music used in this film is appropriate for the time in which it was filmed, but it           sticks to classical, instrumental music that embodies the seriousness as well as danger and drama         that comes with leading this life.

6. Film Sample #2: American Gangster

     This film also embodies this genre very well. Its score consists of serious music that adds to the feeling of danger and power that these characters have. Their costumes consist mostly of suits with dark colors, further emphasizing their serious, powerful nature. Additionally, this film also takes place in an urban area, and takes advantage of color scheme to add to the seriousness of the film.

7. Other movies in this genre:

Scarface

Goodfellas

Casino

A Bronx Tale

Once Upon A Time in America

Just the beginning

     Hello all! My name is Gabriel Domenech and I'm a student at Cypress Bay High. Thanks to the media class I'm currently enrolled in, I've been introduced to the large, complex world that is film; a world I didn't even know existed. I've learned, and still so, continue to learn extensively about all the techniques used in the film world and their purpose, as well as how I can incorporate it into my own work. The whole reason behind this blog is to open up my brain (not literally) and share my thought process, back-and-forth of ideas, as well as the research and each step that will go into producing a film opening. I hope you enjoy the process as much as I will!

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