Conventions of the crime film genre

Conventions of the crime film genre

• As the name suggests, it is based around some sort of crime and/or criminals.
• They often glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal(s), gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, an underling or competitive colleague or a rival gang.
• We are often allowed to glimse into the lifes of criminals with locations such as nightclubs, bars, large cities and occasionally exotic locations to show wealth.
• Film gangsters are usually materialistic, street-smart, immoral and self-destructive.
• Music in these films is often tense and dramatic to help build the suspense of the film.
• Guns and other weapons are often used as props along with things such as money and fast cars.

The subgenres of crime are;

• Detective
• Action
• Police
• Film Noir
• Spy
• American Gangster

For our opening sequence we have decided to do a crossover between the police and detective subgenres.