The document discusses conventions of the crime genre in film. It provides details on common character types like gangsters and bank robbers who operate outside the law. Narratives often follow the life of a criminal or their rise and fall through conflicts. Settings typically involve large cities and dark locations like alleyways and nightclubs to give the films a dark feel and signal the genre to audiences.

1. Crime genre

2. Top 5 crime genre films
The top 5 crime
genre films
happen to be
released in 2012,
2013 and 2014
showing they are
all recent films.

3. Crime genre conventions
Characters:
Crime genres usually are based around sinister actions of
criminals such as:
• Gangsters
• Bank robbers
• Underworld Figures
They all operate outside the laws by stealing , causing
violence and crimes such as murder and dealing with illegal
actions.
Narrative:
The stories that are usually represented in crime genre films
are the life of a crime figure, a crimes victim(s) or presents the
criminals rise’s and fall’s through power struggle, conflict with
law, competing with rival gangs and challenges within
institutions such as colleges.

4. Crime genre conventions
Settings and locations:
Crime films are usually set in large cities. This is to show that the
characters are in control of a large space. The locations that are
often used are:
• Alley ways
• Pubs
• Night clubs
• Car parks
These are mainly dark locations to give the film more of a dark
feel and set enigma codes to the audience of what the genre is.