Camera angles

Office scene: in this scene we use a majority of mid- to close ups this allows us to see the expression on the characters face such as when smoke walks out of the room the midshot of his face allows us to see his dissapointmentclose ups allow us see key events such as their badges being passed over. high angle shots of the chief are used to show that he is in a position of power and low angles are used to on CJ and smoke to show that at that particular point their vulnerable and powerless. we also use long shots to show the character smoke leaving the room. we also used over the shoulder shots in this scene to create the feeling that were watching the characters conversation whilst doing this we had to make sure not to break the 180 rule.

Chase Scene: this switches from a number of different shots in the chases scene switching from close up to mid shots to P.O.V. shots with quck editing this creates a feeling of intensity in the chase scene in the second half of the chase scene we use long shots to introduce the character of CJ witch then changes to a mid shot which allows the audience to connect with the character the use it then switches to a long shot of the criminal running into the action allwoin the view to see whats happening, in this scene the use of a high angle P.O.V. shot allows CJ to be represented as somebody being in a postion of power

outside the office scene: in this scene there is mostly the use of over the shoulder shot this creates a feeling that the audinece is there in the conversation and finally there is a long shot which allows us to see the characters walking off.

Criminal Lair: this uses a mixture of midhsots and close ups. the mid shots allow us to see the generic conventions of crim such as money a wapon and a bottle of whiskey and the close up allows us to focus on key events such as the crimianl reaction to show somethings happening or the close up of the hand going for the knife.

character representation
CJ: cj is represented as a bad ass cop figure similar to that of bad boys , this kind of character is usually a traditional convention that is used in cop action movies there is always a cop who breaks the rules. we shall reresnt him through the use of camera angles, costume, dialect and action.
cjs costume will be very informal hell be wearing a leather jacket and a hoody, baggy jeans. his dialogue is very inforaml to and uses violent or vulgar language his actions are also fairly aggressive which will be show through camera angles and props he will have a gun and the use of midhsots and long shots will show him attacking a character.
smoke: smoke is also a cop who doesnt play completly by the rules by trys not to break them unless its the last resort, the 'good' partenr is another traditonal convention used in cop films as the two main characters are binory oppositions which adds a comical elemtn to the film. smoke will be show through the use of costume, he wears a parker jacket which is slightly more formal than smoke but he also wears jeans and casual clothes in the office scene, he dresses alot smarter than smoke but still informal, his actions and dialogue tend to be alot more calmer than CJ, this is shown through the use of camera angles such as a high angle shot in the office scene which shows him as a more submisive character.
Criminal: the criminalis a key convention in cop action films as the scenes involving the crimianls are usually action packed, the criminal in our movie is from a mafia crime family who CJ and smoke have been trying to capture but thhe manages to get the wrong guy. he will be represented through the use of costume wearing a leather jacket in the chase scene and the final scene of our opening he will be represented through the use of setting, props, lighting and camera angles. the setting is a dark room with a light just focused on the criminal the use of midhsots and close ups will allow us to see the criminal traditional conventions of crime; a gun, alcohol and mone, we shall also represent him as a traditional mafia criminal as hell be wearing a suit and shirt.
police chief: this a major convention of the genre of movie the angry police chief who takes the cops badges which follows our story line. we will show that hes angry becuase hes under alot of pressure through the use of props such as a messy office and desk which will be shown through the use of camera angles and dialect. his costume will be very formal, a shirt and tie and he will be shouting close ups of his face will allow us to see anger.

mis en scene

in the office scene we use a rang of camera angles which allow is to see into the setting of the office. we tried to create an atmosphere of cramped and busy but also that it was a place of work to do this we used a laptop and folders, the folders were presented in a messy fashion to give it that over worked feel whihc is a traditonal convention of the angry police chief to be in an over worked enviroment. we also created some of our own props such as a newspaper cut out and a tactics board in the office.
the criminal counting money scene we use a mixture of mid shots and long shot which show us the enviroment, we also changed the lighting to very dark and had a lamp on the criminal to highlight him and his actions, the midshots allow us to see the traditional conventions of crime we used fake money a bottle and glass of whiskey and a weapon, the close ups allow us to see the reaction on the criminals face as well as a close up of the 'mystery' gun man.
for the chase scene the camera angles used allow us to see that its in an alleyway creating a feeling of seedyness becuase of the actual location

Audience theory

The genre of our movie is action/comedy and attracts a certain audience.
demographically this type of films would attract males between the ages of 15-24, for the 'younger' range of our target audiende they would usually be in education such as gcse, A-levells or college and for the older range of our target audeince whou would be workin would usually be in a wide variety of jobs from managerial possesions to positions such as working in an office. our target audience marigal status can vary usually it would attract alot of single men however it will appeal to married men who would like an 'escape' from the wife or a night out with thier friendds. if we took a more psycographic approach to our audience they would tend to attract people who are socially conscious and want to be in with the crowd and up to all the latest trends, also the whole action plot of trying to bring down criminals their own way would allso attract people who are power wielding who like to watch people in postiosns of power doig things their way. our action cope film woul also attract people who are into the law and order aspect of it which would appeal to them. using the $ c thoery our target audience would be an aspiere and would mostly be materialsitc and care about their image.

after establishing what are audience wannt form their action movie we can then find ways of advertsiing so that our target audience would see it since our target audience is 15-24 as well as using traditioanl advertising techniques such as posters trailers etc another big place to advertise would be on the internet as a large percentage of our target audience will regularly use the internet using websites such as msn or hotmail giving us maximum advertsing for a large population of our target audience.

narrative theroy

Narrative Theory

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mis-en-scene

we used many props to creat the look of a typical police chief office. we created a newspaper front cover of the police chief making a big 'bust' seen in traditional police movies

we also had a black board with police intel in the background to create a police office atmosphere.


we also decided to add another scene into the ending of the movie which was set at the criminals 'lair' to portray this we used a dimlit room, a desk , fake moeny and a decanter of whiskey to give it a seedy feel