By creating a mood board it is possible to gather ideas and themes that are constantly related to the theme of Brithish Gangster. These include: crime, drugs and violence.
The mood board, made up of film posters and images seen in gangster films, conveys all of the themes of a gangster film and help us to have a clearer image of what to include when filming the begining of our film.
We know that a convention of any film is to have credits at the beginning. These will briefly introduce the characters and the actors playing them perhaps and of course the title of the film. We plan for the opening credits to have an effect that makes the audience want to watch the rest of the film. If the opening credits are dull, too short or hard to see, it could stop the audience watching and it would set the tone for what would be the rest of the film.
Usually the start of a Birtish Gangster film would include a set of themes that are going to be represented throughout. An example of these would be; violence, crime and drugs. It would usually set up the storyline for the film by either creating a disaster or introducing the reasons for actions taken through the film. Another convention often popular with British Gangster films is a narration introducing characters and their feelings or personalities. This sets the tone and plot for the rest of the film and can often be effective in hooking the audience.
We have thought about how the opening to the film should look and come up with a few ideas. We believe that it may be useful to include a narrative to explain the situation but also perhaps not to have any dialogue what so ever.
An idea to make the credits stand out, especially the characters names, is to stop the action mid flow and use a soundtrack to bring attention to the picture.
We have thought about location and due to living in east London we have decided that it would be a good location for a British Gangster film. These are the main points we have thought about and the plot is still in the process of being created.
