Crime Dramas

Crime Dramas.

To help with my research I have watched and analysed some title sequences from films with similar genres to the one I hope to create.

To begin with I looked at crime drama.  I chose Reservoir Dogs and Goodfellas.

Both films has a good opening sequences that I might be interested in replicating because they create suspense and intrigue.  Both films have suited gangs that are immediately introduced and both sequences end with either violence that is seen onscreen or suspected violence from the sound.  

They both make strong use of music over the opening sequences.  The music used in both is quite upbeat and jazzy which fits with the gangster/crime theme of both the films as this is music often associated with this genre.

Both sequences also make use of 1970s cars, either in GoodFellas where they are driving in the car and the audience is made to wonder what has happened previously or in Reservoir Dogs where the characters are walking to their cars and the audience is wondering what they are about to do.

The settings are also appropriate for gangster/crime films, in Reservoir Dogs the main characters are also in a bar possibly planning something whilst in GoodFellas the characters are driving through the woods on a deserted road.  Both of these settings leave the audience guessing about what has or is about to happen.