Genre convention research: Peer assessment Feedback

1)The Dixonators are an underground organisation that dig out dirt about big bands worldwide.  for example, You me at six. The get hired by rival bands who are trying to upstage them for example Kids in glass houses. they ask the Dixonators to spy on said band by stealing un-published lyrics/cover art etc...

5 Things i will need to keep in the genre :

• black back ground with white writing (typical gangster style writing)
• hiden identities
• Hired by someone higher
• they use a lot of violence
• illegal

One thing i would change to adapt the genre is to base the film on bands.

The opening would the Dixonators in the studio holding the lyricist hostage while they steal all new lyrics and ideas for rival bands.


2) Dark throughout with white text
films in black and white
the gangster group are there to take in the criminal kids, hired by the police, so that the kids have a future in something other than becoming the people the gangsters are after

• black back ground with white writing (typical gangster style writing)
• hiden identities
• Hired by someone higher
• they use a lot of violence
• illegal

different to other gangster movies because the gangsters are the goodies changing the bad.  they make a change to the community instead of causing trouble for the community

opening sequence is a child in a room with just a table

close up on childs face then it reverse creeps to established show of the room 

camera stays on the child and you can hear the gangsters come in the room and you can only see their shadows on the wall (3 of them)

3) horror gangster movie.  

the gangsters  are clowns. disguised as clowns to do their dirty work easier, as clowns are seen as loving entertainers. The clowns are hired as hitmen. 


The best plot that was chosen was number 2.  This was because it's orginal as the gangsters are to help the police, rather than be chased by the police.