AS Prelim Task

AS Opening Sequence


Thursday 12 November 2009

Tuesday 10 November 2009

Granted

Granted - Treatment

Genre: Crime drama

Tag line:

2 carry guns, 1 serves time.

Pitch:

Two brothers separated from young age end up living two different lives. Young CID agent Trey Smith sent on a mission to catch the most wanted gang around the U.K named “The D.R.D” (Dirt road diggers). The mission is achieved but lost in a brother hood.

Treatment:

Undercover C.I.D agent is on a mission. He pretends to be new to the country and rents out a room with gangsters. He gains their trust and assists the gang in crimes.

Suspicion starts to arise as “Tee Dog” (C.I.D agent) never lets any of the gang members into the room. Many incidents before Tee Dog takes time to open the door. Big Jon (gang leader) starts being suspicious about “Tee Dog’s” behaviour and ends up following him one morning. He sees him meeting other agents and overhears them discussing the information. Big Jon is extremely furious.

Gang leader shoots the C.I.D agent in his sleep. Then the HQ tries to contact him but they cannot get through to him and sense something is wrong. The SWAT team raids the gangster’s apartment and they all get arrested. In court, the leader is found guilty of murder and committing various other crimes. But he also finds out that the agent he killed was his long lost brother as the Judge mentions it in his final statement.

Monday 9 November 2009

Genre Research

1) What have you learnt about genre?

Genre is an overall specification to identify what to expect from the film. For example in a horror movie you would expect to see ghosts, murders etc… The codes and conventions would relate to the overall look (cinematography) if the movie. For example, in a comedy film you would expect the dialogue to be funny. Characters would also be expected to wear some kind of comical costume to add to the humour.

2) Why is it so important to be aware of this?

It is important to be aware of what genre movies are as it does not confuse the audience. Genre is like the topic of the movie and if the audience do not know the topic (genre) it may interfere with what they expected to see. For example, in the opening of a romantic movie, a serious crime scene is shown; it may confuse the audience as it is not what they expect of the movie.