Key conventions of a gangster thriller: Desmond

Cinematography: close ups and extreme close ups of the protagonist character, this is often to show their inner emotions, also it can be used to focus on key props to aid the narrative.

quick shots to hide identity, low key shot or shadow of the character. 

Editing: jump cuts and cross cutting are key features which are essential to build suspense and mystery.

Sound: music is essential to understand the mood of characters or a hint at a significant part in the film. It also adds suspense and tension to make the shots more dramatic for the audience.

Mise en scene: the location is important for the film because it helps the audience establish the theme. 

lighting is often low key 

costumes - antagonist will be in dark clothing. Protagonist will be in ordinary everyday clothes 

Planning ideas

By writing these key notes it has helped us generate ideas for our opening sequence. For example, the conventions for our chosen genre and stereotypical ideas we could incorporate within our opening to portray a 'thriller' film. 

4 Types of narrative theories

i have discovered and researched 4 types of narrative theories, this will help me and group identify which narrative theory will be best suitable for our opening sequence plan. 

CONCLUSION: when deciding which theory was most suitable it was difficult because we wanted to engage the audience as most as possible but keep the our main plot to the opening scene. So as a conclusion we decided to use the 'Barthes theory' which creates an enigma code. This perfectly matches our film genre because it includes puzzle or mystery enabling us to adapt our opening sequence plan to the narrative theory.

Filming locations for our interrogation scene

These images below identify the location for our interrogation scene. This is perfect for our scene because it displays a rundown and abandoned looking area, it is also dark and beat-up which creates emphasis on the genre we have picked (Thriller).