Research into the genre of our chosen idea

We as a group decided that our second idea was the best to go with, as we as a group were far more enthusiastic, interested and motivated, if we wanted to make a good teaser trailer, film poster and magazine front cover.

Its genre follows the crime, drama, thriller and romance (hybrid) categories. Films that followed this genre were:
• The Sopranos
• Chicago
• The Real Hustle
• Charley’s angels

Which films will influence your own project?
• The Sopranos
• Chicago
• The Real Hustle
• Charley’s angels

Explain how they will influence your project.
We are using the women as the main characters, as when thinking or hearing about a crime, drama, thriller and romance (hybrid) you don’t usually picture a woman/ women as being the ones committing the crime.
Also like in Chicago, The Real Hustle and Charley’s angels the women would be using their sexiness and powers of seduction to attract their victims.
The use of the bar scene between our female character and one of her victims, was an idea we got from watching The Real Hustle and just from the general attitude and actions in shown in many other films, of a man buying a woman many drinks whilst trying desperately to win her over with small talk and jokes.

What common themes do these films have?
The Sopranos and The Real Hustle both contain the themes of organised crime, victimising people and women (wives of the mafia members/ female scammer) benefiting off of the victimisation of those people.
Charley’s angels and Chicago both contain the theme of feminism due to the main characters being women.

How do these films create narrative "enigmas" for the audience?
All of these films leave the audience with thinking;
• Who are these people?
• How they all are connected (whether it’s through an organisation, work, family etc)?
• What is their role in what is happening in the film?
• How does the climax or a big situation in the film affect these characters?
• How are they benefiting from committing / preventing these crimes?

How do they appeal to their audiences?
• Doesn’t give too much information away, but teases its audience with the information it does give away. This therefore causes them to feel that they must see it in order to find out more
• Filled with action, trickery and deception, therefore keeping their audience interested and since the target audience is late teens to mid 20’s, these type of films appeal greatly to them
Conventions of these teaser trailers

Narrative Conventions:
Criminals/ Criminal organisations involved in illegal activity/ murder and trying to avoid obstacles they face e.g. police, other criminal organisations or “Charlie’s Angels”
Character Conventions:
Openly see the characters, but the audience doesn’t have much information about them. Age of characters ranges through the films from early 20’s up to late 40’s/ 50’s.
Typical Iconography:
Ambient / low key lighting; smart clothing, more of an American fashion sense
Camerawork Conventions:
Long shot, Mid shot, Medium Close up, Close up, Two shot, Point of view shot, Over the shoulder shot, Depth of field lens, Deep focus lens, Low and High angle, Track, Pan, Tilt
Editing Conventions:
Continuity Editing, Cut, Fade In and Out
Casting Conventions: Mainly Caucasian, average looking characters (non threatening), fashionable
Sound Conventions: Dialogue, Diegetic and Non diegetic