R+P Post 6: Our chosen genre and how we plan to connote this

The genre we have chosen is Action and the sub genre we have decided to use is thriller, also some neo-noir elements will be present. We decided on these as the film's genres due to their very wide appeal, and films such as the James Bond series and recent Sherlock Holmes series helped give us ideas for blending both action and thriller genres together.

We decided to make it very clear to the audience which genre the film is, so that they can easily identify if they like the film or not. To connote the action genre of our film we decided that the opening would have an action sequence at the end, using conventions of action films to signify our genre.

We plan to include fast editing and the build up of tension which will culminate with the shooting of two other characters in the scene. The standoff between the protagonists and the criminals provides a very clear connotation of the action genre, by using binary opposites; however this may be hard to do as the protagonist may come off as an anti hero, as he is willing to do bad things in order to save his partner. The suspense that is accumulated during the conversation prior to the shooting will connote the thriller aspect of the film.

As the opening featured a poker game, we decided to use similar features from the films '21' and 'Rounders' to show tension in order to connote the thriller sub genre during the game. The darkness surrounding the poker game itself and the low key lighting used to make shadows across the actors' faces are intended to further show the mystery surrounding the plot, giving a more artistic, abstract and dream-like look (similar to Sin City's comic book
-like aesthetic) to it while also connoting that the film is neo-noir.