Reflective Analysis

My group and I decided to create a scene from a Crime Thriller which included 4 different characters; two hostages, one henchman and a Mafia boss known as 'Chief'. The film is called "No Redemption Without Blood" and has many of the conventions typically used in the crime genre. The scene clearly states what the film is about, with drugs, abusive language and violence. The film was originally aimed at a mainstream cinema audience for males between the ages of 15-40 and to appeal to a variety of social classes. I feel that we have stayed true to this original idea of a target audience but because of the change in cast with having a female 'Chief' instead of a male one, I feel that the film would appeal to more women because of the lead role played by a strong woman.

We originally wanted to take influence from Harry Brown, London to Brighton and the interrogation scene from Casino Royale. We did take influence from the gritty look of Harry Brown and London to Brighton which was a what a large part of the film was based on, Harry Brown was the main influence for the crime theme and genre of the film; London to Brighton also influenced the cinematography of the film.

As a group we set out to make the film in a more Noir style, we wanted the film to be edited in black and white and have dark elements with spotlighting to set the correct mood for the film. We wanted it to be full of tension and suspense and I feel that we have achieved this, by editing the film in black and white and using spotlighting to give the noir feel to the film. In our film there is part where the fourth wall is broken which was an idea that came to life during the editing of the film. The film felt a bit plain and empty and we felt that this would give the audience a different perspective with someone not only narrating the film but also looking and almost having a one way conversation with them. This idea came from Fight Club when Tyler Durden and the Narrator break the fourth wall in the cinema, another idea from fight club was the flashes of two characters in the scene, this makes the audience question "what was that?" and makes them concentrate, this way you have the audiences full attention.

- London to Brighton (inspiration)
- Harry Brown
- Casino Royale (Interrogation)
- Target Audience
- Influential film makers


I was the Audio Editor for the film this consisted of me choosing music and sound effects for the film and also cleaning up sound for example; erasing white noise. I took influence for using pop music from Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino uses pop music instead of using a film score, a good example of this is in Pulp Fiction and Django. The main idea for the scene came from the opening titles to Pulp Fiction, using pop or more up beat music than the original tone of the film. I also took influence from Drive by using the music called 'Hammer' which is played throughout the scene. This music was perfect for the scene as it has separate sections which sound like different pieces of music in which I could chop up the music and decide which parts I wanted to use and where. For example when the "Chief" in the film raises her hand above one of the hostages heads the guitar starts, I did this to show that the Chief also has power over where and what direction the film is going in.

I had a few original ideas for the film which were; use theatrical music from Batman, Inception or The Usual Suspects, More electronic music like from the musician Brain Eno or music from Drive which is done by Cliff Martinez. I Tried a few of these options before making my final decision. The theatrical orchestrations from Batman, Inception and the usual suspects created a tension in the films but made the scene seem quite 'cheesy' and seemed to mimic the genre of film, especially the Usual Suspects soundtrack which gave an American Gangster feel. Brian Eno's music had no place in the film because it simply did not fit anywhere in the sequence, it would have given the scene a more emotional feeling than first intended. The use of the Drive soundtrack fitted perfectly along with T. Rex's "20th Century Boy". I thought this was a good song to use because it has a faster tempo than the music used previous to it, its a song from a band with an iconic look especially from lead singer and guitarist Marc Bolan and last of all, the title itself is ironic to the scene. What I mean by ironic to the scene is that the character in control is surprisingly not a man but a woman which is ironic in itself.