Titles Font

The first font that we tested did not suit our genre and looked unprofessional. We thought that it looked too rounded and not exciting enough.

We thought that this font suited the genre of spy opposed to our crime genre, that we later changed to action.

Audience Expectations

As we have decided that our genre is Action, we wanted to see what our audience expects from an action film. We asked 40 people to write on a piece of paper their immediate expectations, and their responses are portrayed in the clip below.

You can read about how we met these audience expectations here - http://cljnproductions.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/how-have-we-met-audience-expectations.html

Codes and Conventions of Action Films

Change in Genre

You can read about the codes and conventions of action films in this blog post - http://cljnproductions.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/codes-and-conventions-of-action-films.html

Genre Research - Crime

Here is a presentation we made in order to present the idea for our opening sequence to the rest of our class. We present all recognisable codes and conventions of the genre of crime, as well as pointing out problems we may face throughout filming.

We chose to create an opening to a crime film as it has very clear codes and conventions that can be well communicated on screen. As well as this, we are all interested in crime as a genre, and feel our experience with this type of film will aid us in production.

Genre Research

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To demonstrate our understanding of genre, we decided make a mind map with definitions of the term, types of genre and some conventions of each.