Crime films, like other genres, have conventions that you will typically see appearing in the majority of films. These conventions often include:
- props
- sound
- camera and lighting
- locations
- narrative
A lot of crime films will often feature similar things that tie into these conventions. Examples of props often used are guns, fast cars, and polica badges to tie in with the crime genre. The film noir style of Crime Films often feature low key lighting and very distinct camera angles, shown in films such as "The Third Man". Music and high action sounds, like gunshots; car chases; tyre screeches are again often featured in the genre to heighten the experience of the audience and for them to clearly distinguish the Crime Genre. Also music is sometimes written specifically for films, expecially crime films, like Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey for the James Bond movie by the same name.
The main characteristics of the spy sub-genre we have chosen to do are:
- Black tight clothing
- Guns
- Torches
- Gadgets
- Sports Cars
We are hoping to incorporate all of these conventions into our film to try and produce a film that an audience would be familiar with, yet challenge some of them to give our own unique twist on the film.
