Planning

Initial Plan...

Costume - Suits, Bowler Hats, Trench Coats, Blazers to fit in with successful gangster films.

Props - Fake Guns, Fake Blood, Wine, Glass, Smokes - relevant to film sub genre because there is violence, smoking and drinking.

Setting - Streets, House, Car like successful films have.

Shot Types and Movements - Mid Shots, Establishing, Long Shots, Close Up, Camera Track, Zoom, Pan Across

Editing - Tint/Colour over the top, Titles,

Sound - Non-Diegetic music over the top of the titles, Sound Bridge into opening scene, it then goes to a lower volume while the characters speak/move around and then fade out. Most of the successful films I have analysed have got these kinds of sounds.

The rough Idea we have for the opening is a couple of gangsters in a dark street which will fit the genre because there is always a low level of light at some point and emphasises the bad things that are going to happen. Those gangsters then meet other gangsters and something hapens like the first two kill the others or something like that.

Main Setting...

Raw Footage / Rough Cut...

             

Prop List

• Fake guns - Key object in certain scenes of successful films
• Whiskey/gin - Often used on the sub-genre as key prop
• Drinking glasses - Often used on the sub-genre in key scenes
• Car - Often used in chase scenes and even to be blown up
• Tripod - It will keep footage still and professional
• Camera - To film the footage 
• Umbrella - Keep the camera dry when filming in bad weather
• Fake blood - If anyone needs to be killed or injured
• Cigarettes/cigars - Often used in intense scenes 
• Hat - Sometimes taken off and becomes a prop to hold
• Mobile/telephone box - Sometimes used to call other characters

Storyboard...

Editing...
For my editing I will be using an editing machine with the software called Adobe Premier Pro. This software enables me to put import my footage in and then put shots in order, cut them down if needed, take out the sound and put other sound in and even things like slow them down or speed them up. I will also be using Adobe After Effects which is really good for creating my titles for my film.


Structure of Narrative...

I had a go at making some of my own titles based on what I found out in my research and also what I put in my planning of titles. I think they look really effective, especially in my raw footage/rough cut that is above.My examples are below.

Planning of Music...
http://www.freesound.org/  - I looked on the website freesound for some music that would fit in with the music sub genre. In the godfather the main music is classic music such as violins so I searched for some things like violin tunes. I found a couple of soundtrack's that I think would fit into the sub genre and my work and I used one in my rough cut. I will also use them in my final piece.
www.youtube.co.uk - I looked on YouTube for some music and I found some really good ones, however they all either cost a lot of money to have a copy or copyrighted so I went back to websites like free sound as it is free and there is still some good things.