Props

Referring back to the audience research post, one convention that the audience recognised in the crime genre is guns. So we had this to be one of the main pros in our film. Both the cops and criminals have them which allows the fighting to be more intense and create more atmosphere. After looking at other crime films myself, such as the Godfather, the gun is a common proper used.


Another thing we noticed after looking at crime films is that the criminals have certain props which distinguishes them from the cops. The criminals usually always have a cigarette or a cigar. Due to these criminals talking about their money problems, its obvious they would not be able to afford cigars so instead we have the main criminal smoking a cigarette.


Here is an image of our criminal smoking to betray his bad side compared to the cops.