Analaysing of gangster films from the same genre.

In this task, we looked at three gangster mob films, a British gangster film and analysed their openings in order to produce ideas for our own. We used the technique of creating a time line, from the very beginning of the opening to the end of it and analysed the clip for: what we sow, how long we sow it for, what we heard, how long we heard it for, detail of it i.e. what it said (if it was text),

what type of shot it was, etc.

We looked at:

American Gangster (mob film)

The Departed Jacks (mob film)

Scarface 1932 (mob film)



 Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels (British gangster)


 Comparing mob films to British gangster, we found:

• That the text fonts are usually a lot bigger and in higher case, in mob films.
• The lighting is a lot more natural in British gangster films.
• The overall budget of the mob films are usually a lot more than the British gangster films.
• The British gangster titles seem to straight cut and not fade, while for the Mob films, the titles seem to slowly fade in and out in a more professional and smoother way.
• The titles again are up for a longer period in mob films.
• The filming also seems to be in a slower pace in the mob films.

From this research, i now know what to include in my gangster MOB film and will be using very similar techniques to other well known gangster films such as American gangster and Scarface which stood out most out of these films. Furthermore, this task got me to look at every aspect of a opening and now know what makes a effective opening.