2. Most popular
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The most successful mob films is , The Godfather released March 15, 1972
This is one of the successful gangster because it the number ranked
gangster movie. One of greatest American film ever made. Its is a true
classic gangster movie. It helped most gangster begin. A lot of directors
got ideas from it, So in a way its the creation of gangster genre. Its
different from other gangster film because it takes you deeper into the
lives of the mobsters. The story line is very good because contains
everything people want in a movie such as danger, love, death,
adventure, betrayal, battle, morals,. Its an intriguing and powerful film.
Another thing that makes the movie success is the acting as well the
directions such the sound, the cinematography, lighting, location and
the individual scene all this made the movie successful.
The movie made over $134,821,952 worldwide. A lot of people have
watched this movie and given good reviews about it.
One of the convention of the opening are the sound, classic music was used to open the first
the scene. Costume the character was wear was a black tie, white shirt and a black suit. The
scene started with a man fully zoom in, as the man talk the camera slowly zoomed out. The
location used for the first scene is unknown to us as we cant see anything apart from the
character. The lighting used was a low level light as we cannot see the characters facial
expression properly.
First scene the character
was zoomed in.
Character zoomed
out 2 minutes into
the film
3. Most expensive
The second most successful Mob films, Goodfellas released September 12, 1990
Goodfellas is one of the most successful films the film is a violent drama
film but the director, takes the guilt out of the crime making it seem like
there it is very normal. The movie won an award for best picture and
best director. The film is a true life story making the film more intriguing
to the audience. Its show another world where society rules are not
followed and its okay to act in a uncivilised manner. Example of the is
when the film opens with a character saying ‘As far back as I can
remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster
was better than being President of the United States.’ this contracts
with Quentin Tarantino theory about good and bad. The 3 main
characters is a brilliant idea as in so many gangster films there a lot more
characters that the audience needs to be aware of, making it easy to
lose count and get lost in the films. Another thing this make Goodfellas a
successful film is because Its influence over other movies and TV shows,
and not just in the crime genre.
One conventions in the opening of the film is the sound, the credit was opened with a sound effect of a car
moving, the first props used in the first scene is a car. The car was shot in a long shot as the camera used arc
movement around the car to move to the next scene. The lighting used was a natural low lighting and the location
used was the road. The costume worn was a black and black shirt and the makeup used black eyeliner.
