2. โข Institutions โ white text on a black background, connotes seriousness, conventional as it is
featured in lock, stock and two smoking barrels
โข Rock Soundtrack - Conventional of Crime genre (especially if the production is traditionally
British)
โข Guns โ conventional โ shows action sequences
โข Chase โ a chase is always featured in the narrative of a crime genre film
โข Low key lighting for villain โ conventional use of misc en scene to portray character types
(Proppโs theory)
โข Simplistic storyline โ traditional hero vs. villain โ conventional of narrative for action genre
โข Hero always triumphs over evil โ bodyguard is killed
โข Challenging conventions of a traditional hero, โanti heroโ (often featured in films of the crime
genre)
โข Soundtrack before the rock soundtrack builds enigma (conventional of crime genre)
โข Villain is often foreign in films of action genre, villain in my production is British, challenges
conventions
โข Traditional ideology of hero overcoming impossible odds โ conventional of action
โข Credits in bottom left corner- conventional of form of a title sequence โ featured in most
films
โข Main characters made appealing to lower class audience โ identification
โข Narrative theory โ disequilibrium shown โ No way of resolving it is featured in the opening
sequence โ conventional โ sets up narrative for the rest of the film
โข Conventions of film form โ protagonists are introduced โ although not much detail is
established about them โ builds enigma
โข Could have shown less action sequences in the opening sequence, may have not had the
bodyguard dying at the start โ instead could have some enigma building conversation and
just before the bodyguard find them the title is featured
3. โข Compare to the opening sequence of
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
