Film opening research

today (3/12/09) and the week before(27/11/09) Me and my colleague Ant researched in detail gangster film openings - we started with classics - i.e Goodfellas and other films - the Departed, The Godfather and a few others. From this we surmised that the are varying techniques involved with gangster films in general - most are specifically dated to the Jazz age period of the 1930's - centered around prohibition and the rise of Italian American Families.

this would periodically based clothes - pinstriped suits - probably unlikely to be replicated for a film opening n detail, at least, however would be a good idea if it could be done with accuracy.

here are the videos we watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2RofOEAEU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nUFxsZqpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_RcT9qCCFo

Media Language

the media language in the goodfellas i.e the terminology used in the film is based around traditional italian american accents and sounds - which emphasizes the authenticity of film as a whole.

Convention

Goodfellas, The departed and the Godfather all follow traditional Gangster convention