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Crime dramas are almost always films about characters. Characters in crime dramas are usually complex and straddle the line between sympathetic and evil. Tony Montana-Scarface The now famous character of Tony Montana is the protagonist of Scarface played by Al Pacino. Montana is a character that is not given much backstory. When he arrives toContinue reading “Analyzation of Characters”

What is representation? Representation is a fluid, two-way process: producers position a text somewhere in relation to reality and audiences assess a text on its relationship to reality. Gender Media presents to an audience people, as well as objects, that are masculine or feminine. Usually, femininity focuses on beauty, size, physique, sexuality, and emotional. MasculinityContinue reading “Representation in Media”

The board above depicts locations from several crime movies, including The Godfather, Scarface, The Godfather 2 , and Goodfellas. All the locations are urban areas and focus on the juxtaposition between poverty and prosperity. Locations are very important in crime dramas and are used to portray moods. The suburban street from The Godfather is usedContinue reading “Crime Drama Locations”

Next, I will analyze the opening scene of Scarface as an inspiration for our film. Scarface-Opening Scene The opening of Scarface depicts Antonio Montana, a Cuban immigrant in America, being questioned by the government. The scene lets the audience have empathy for Montana while still being wary by his description of his life in Cuba.Continue reading “Inspiration Part 3”

Goodfellas is also going to be an inspiration for our movie. Below, I will analyze the opening scene of Goodfellas. Goodfellas-Opening Scene The movie opens with a car, the only sounds heard are those on the road. The camera moves into the car where the audience is met with three characters. The rhythmic sound ofContinue reading “Inspiration Part 2”

The crime drama genre is full of great movies to glean inspiration from. 3 movies I will analyze are The Godfather, Goodfellas, and Scarface. The Godfather-Opening Scene The Godfather opening scene showcases some major aspects that make this movie great. The movie opens on black with horns shifting into a man talking. The man’s faceContinue reading “Inspiration Part 1”

The crime drama is a fairly expansive genre, with many films filling the genre. Below, I comprised some of the best crime dramas as inspiration and sources to help create our own crime drama. Analyzing the general mood of each poster, I sought after some similarities in what each film poster tries to portray. IContinue reading “Crime Drama Mood Board”

When looking at all the genres we could feasibly do for our opening, we decided to eliminate sci-fi as it would be to difficult to do without CGI or a large budget. I never really wanted to do a comedy because that requires a good script with good comedy throughout and that’s out of my,Continue reading “Deciding Genre”

Crime featuring an anti-hero A characters downfall is an idea I would enjoy doing for a drama A shifting personality, where a character goes from good to evil, or innocent to disturbed The rise of a character’s power A prideful character whose decisions are based on this pride A character greedy for money and powerContinue reading “Brainstorming Ideas”

The first thing that needs to be done is deciding the genre for our film opening. We made a mood board in order to try to decide on one of these genres. Each movie represents a genre in film I am interested in, the six here being horror, action, sci-fi, western, drama, and comedy. HorrorContinue reading “Discussing Genre”