Film Opening Conventions Essay On Adulthood With Respect To The Four Technical Codes

The genre of my film opening is going to be Gangster. I have looked at Adulthood which is also Gangster genre film to help me out with camera, sound, mise en scene and editing techniques. Non-diegetic sound was used within two minutes in Adulthood.

The sound used was grime which goes well with the Adulthood scene because it’s fast music. The people that sing grime music are usually also gangster so it goes well with the scene. The dialogue used by the characters are used with an accent, this is makes the film seem more realistic and would be unsuccessful without dialogues.

Frequent cuts were taken to show energy in the scene, which covered many people dancing. Establish shot to show what is going on in the scene. Different angles were shown to give audience the best view of the action covered.  Usually medium shot or long shot to show loads of people in a group and everyone is busy with something for example, one person is drinking alcohol and another person is smoking cigarettes or weed.

The costume used by the gangster character was baggy cloth, long t-shirts, long chains, flat caps, recognisable branded trainers and clothing, hoodies, expensive jewellery. The character in this film also had different sort of weapon on them to fight, scare, steal people and also to protect them from others. The weapons used in the movie are knives and guns. The characters in this movie also used drugs for their personal pleasure. Most characters in the film are disrespectful and harmful to the local community. In the first opening two minutes one character shot a person on his leg when he trying to steal. Also the gangsters’ characters are crowded with girls all around. The area used in the movie is an urban area. Characters are also shown dancing around in a party.

Slow motion to cover all the action on the screen and to get the audience involved emotionally. Fast motion was also used which made the scene seems like things are happening fast. Close up shots to show reaction on characters face when the girl rejected the gangster. Many wipe shots to also explain that things are moving on. Showing two scenes at once on screen also made the film look busy and interesting.