Storyboard

uploaded by Josh. Drawn by Lewis

Props and costume list

Costume:
Detective John Sullivan- Long black coat with old fashioned hat and black gloves.

The jab - Cheap sportswear often associated with chavs.

The one royal gang member (Harold) - Wearing posh upper class clothes like brand knitted jumpers and white trousers.

Props:

Knife - Used as a weapon by the lead member of the jab

Magnifying glass- Used by detective Sullivan to inspect evidence

Notepad and pen - Used by detective Sullivan to note down evidence

Filming and editing schedule

Filming schedule:

Tuesday 8th of november and Thursday the 10th november.

We will film the sequence of Sam Evans playing John Phelps the detective investigating the clues on the tuesday. On thursday we will film the chase sequence between the jab and the single Royal gang memebers.

Editing schedule:

Thursday 10th november to the friday 2nd december.

During editing i will choose the clips i wish to use in my opening sequence and begin to make them go in the correct order. Then i will add in some copyright free music and sound effects to make it look more professional. I will use a white transition effect between the detective and gang member sequence with a flashback sound effect. Finally i will add titles to show who is playing what character and what the film itself is called

DVD and Poster analysis

I have been looking at both the poster and DVD cover for the crime film, American gangster. The poster is the siloete of a male whom is wearing a suit with a white shirt. This is slightly similar to how we intend our film to be as this suit is some kind of uniform for the gang that this gentleman belongs to. Another clever part of the poster is that the place that this film will be set in, America, is shown across the middle of the poster. It is positioned in the area that the heart would be on this male this could be intended to mean that this city is close to his heart and he is proud to be from there and all that he wants to do is protect the people. The man has a gun in his right hand which follows the convention of gangster films as most gangster films have this weapon which is associated with the genre. The title of the film is written in simple text which means that the person that is looking at the poster isn't distracted from what the producer of the film want them to see. The title is part of a very small amount of text that is included on this poster as there are only a few of the actors names and the names of the people and place that helped to produce the film along the bottom. This is what most posters that are created for films have. However some do have the names of actors that the producers think will help to bring the audience in in bigger writing. Overall this poster shows that simplicity can be very effective as it is also slightly mysterious and make the audience want to go and watch the film.

The DVD cover is very similar to the poster however there are a few difference's. The similarities that the DVD cover has with the poster are, the text that is used for the title of the film. This means that the person buying the DVD is able to recognise the film from the poster that they would have seen whilst the film was being marketed before release in the shops. Another similarity is the man in the black suit is still the main focal point of the cover. However this time he has been joined by another male who is wearing a white suit. This could mean that he is member of the rival gang or is the sole rival of an entire gang or this lone gangster. The differences that this contains include the fact that the names of two of the actors, "Russel Crowe" and "Denzil Washington" have been added to the DVD. On the DVD cover there is the age rating of the film this is both so that the person or shop selling the DVD are aware that they would be committing a criminal offence if they were to sell this to any person under this age, but also to allow the audience to anticipate what the film could contain as the age limit normally gives a good idea of what the film will be like.

Josh

Initial Planning

What do the Audience want?
violence
The unexpected
Male characters
Detective
A compination of the hero and villian.
Rating of 15
Crime

How will we give them this?
Corrupt detective.
Gangs
big twist
qucik cuts to build suspense
fighting

Existing film production company research

20th Century fox is one of the six major american film studios as of 2011. They were founded in 1935 which was a time of great economic failure in the USA until the second world war when the economy recovered again. This production company has produced many tv franchises as well as films making them well known to millions, maybe billions across the planet. The company was completely independant until 1985 when it became a shared news corporation. They have produced many genres of films with different age ratings from U to 18. One crime film produced by 20th century fox is die hard which is a crime film worth analysing to look for conventions and ideas to apply to our own.

Iconic sounds connected with the crime genre

In the crime genre many iconic sounds are there for the audience to remember and associate them with crime films.

one of the most common sounds associated with crime films are police sirens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMYEFsgQXI

Another common sounds in crime films are gun shots which are the police and criminals main weapons used against each other
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBefCcsAyrA

Swear words a often associated with crime films and are often used by the criminals to express their aggresive emotions towards others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY