Crime Genre Research

In our film we have decided to make a crime thriller style film based upon a couple of films and TV dramas such as Luther, The other guys, Seven and Heat. Crime thrillers usually contain several elements unique to this genre these include:

• Fast-pace, violent murder scenes to get the male audience interested and fast on foot or car chase scenes.
• The movie normally makes the audience think and question why something doesn't occur in the film or why something isn't there.
• Most crime thrillers involve a police investigation in some way and is commonly an ally of the Protagonist.
• The main protagonist is usually a cop with perhaps private problems he will have to overcome in the film. Usually faces a much smarter antagonist.
• Flashbacks are also common as they give insight into past events and giving clues to the story.
• Tension is also very important in  impacting the audience this keeps them concentrated during the film. They can use the lighting and pace of editing and sound both digetic and non-digetic sound to help build this.
• They commonly use orchestral music to help build a sound bridge in a film and this can change the feelings an audience feels.
• The antagonist is usually a secret until the ending of the film, this creates a mystery over who the antagonist is, this keeps the audience watching, to find out who it is.
• High angle shots are also used to see a wide view of the location and to see more action, the camera also commonly stays clear of the antagonists face as to make it more of a mystery.