Technical Codes and Conventions

To develop our groups understand of technical codes and conventions of the crime genre are watch 4 films each, so in total 12 film, which we thought would give us a good understand of what the codes for a crime film was. Is research the codes and conventions of Pulp Fiction, Seven, Reservoir Dogs and The Usual Suspect, here our my findings. 

Pulp Fiction. 

Opening - 4:37 Before tires

Camera:

- Start with the studio logo / animation 

- Definition of the word Pulp

- Mid shot (2 people taking)

- Close-up (Low angle)

- Close-up (eye level)

- Mid shot (2 people)

- Mid shot (Over shoulders, SRS)

- Mid shot (2 people)

- Close-up (SRS)

- Mid shot

Editing 

- Slow at start

- Speed up as we got to SRS

Sound

Taking

No music

Mise-en-scene

USA diner

Casual clothes

Female and male.

Titles

-Yellow font on black

- Name of studio

- Name of film rolls on to screen

- Name of actors over name of film

- Actors name in white over name of film in yellow

- Fast

Seven

Opening - 4.11 Before tires

Camera:

- Studio Logo

- Mid long shot

- Mid shot tilt to face

- Close-up

- Mid shot

- Pan

- Title over video

- Long shot to mid close-up

- Soft Focus

- Mid shot low angle

- Tracking

Editing 

- Fade for black

- Slow

Sound

- Non-Diegetic sound from street

Mise-en-scene

- Raining

- Old detective

Titles

- All Close Up

- High-key lighting

- White text over black live action

- Cross Dissolve

- All shot mostly Black and White

- Cut into the titles

- Old Film

Reservoir Dogs

Opening - 4.40 Before tires

Camera:

- Orange titles over black

- Mid tracking

- Close up

- Over shoulders Tracking

- Mid shot eye level

Editing 

- Slow

- Cuts

Sound

- Voice Over

- Diegetic Speech

Mise-en-scene

- Play cards

- Male in suits

- Smoking

The Usual Suspect

Opening - 2.28 Before tires

Camera:

- Studio Logo

- Blue Text on the right on black

- Text over live action

- Text font old type writer

- Close up of match

- Mid shot

- Low-key lighting

- Tilt

- Mid shot

- Close-up

Editing 

- Slow up to the titles

- Cut

Sound

- Soft, Classic music

Mise-en-scene

- Fire

- Dark, unclean, on the street.

This has help me and my group work out what is not most common shot, angle, movements, editing techniques, sounds use, music, decor and costumes. We found that the title sequence did not start the when the film began but there was a little begin plot to lead into the film which we have decide to take and uses in ours. We as decided that we would use mainly medium and medium close-up shot in the opening. We have also desire on having a voice over and diegetic speech, possibly using a sound bridge. Is will help us in our planing creating out storyboard and through out our  pre-production & production fazes.