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I tried to follow the typical conventions of an opening for a crime thriller. This included some colloquial dialogue, the implications of illegal activities, and a sense of tension. A convention for almost all movies that we challenged however was the process of dragging out the opening credits for the entire scene. Instead of doing this, we had them start in stop in a quick manner. We did this with the goal that this would get people to focus on the dialogue and the actions of the actors, rather than our own credits. We followed the convention of placing the title at the end of the scene to create a memorable and interesting shot so that the title of the film would be remembered well.

 The social group we aimed to portray was that of criminals or possible gang members. In addition, some of the character’s nicknames imply that they are Italian. This would portray the social group of the Italian Mafia as well, which has been very popular in crime films. This social group would hopefully be appealing to the audience as they could now experience the thrill of a dangerous lifestyle without the repercussions. This portrays the issue of breaking the law, violence and gambling. In the beginning its shows the issue of cheating and the danger of it, and by the end of the film it would show that crime and violence will always have consequences. This idea of a criminal(s) who eventual get what’s coming to them would be another convention we used, like films such as Goodfellas or Scarface.

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