Gangster Film openings

Here is my three gangster film openings that i am going to do and i'm going to include how they would look by describing the four key areas: Mise en scene, Camera, Editing and Sound.

Synopsis


This gangster film is called The Low. Which is about one group of Mafia living in America in the 1960's this group known as "The Low" this is not just any old Mafia, The Low is the most feared and widely respected groups in America. The Low aren't just known for there gruesome antics but also for how they use and make money. But The Low come under some trouble when some of there very own men are trying to sabotage the organisation but siding with another mafia group on the rise in the same state as The Low. Overall this film consists of the main characters in battles or situations where they have to find out who are the snakes in the organisation and who is trying to kill of their own men.




 1. For this opening the camera would be outside a dark room where it then pans in through the door where a figure is seen sitting down on a chair and he then starts talking in a slow a soft tone towards the camera. Then he stands up ( camera at low angle so he looks powerful) We do not see this man's face but he then starts to shout at the man telling him how he has not been loyal to 'The Low'' and how he did not successfully complete the job that he had trusted him to do (His voice starts to get louder he starts to become more aggressive).  The other guy begins repeating the word sorry, and now we see a close up shot of this mans face as sweat pours down his face and we can see that he is worried about what is going to happen. The camera then cuts back to a close up of the 'Don' and he freezes saying nothing then calls for his gang to come in. The camera then switches to a close up of the door handle turning then back to the worried guys face then back to the door, Three large guys enter the room, one of them is wearing a white vest whilst holding a meat cleaver, the other two guys are both in suits and shades. The camera now goes to a shot of the Don's face with light on one side of his face and he says "take him away" The guy now drops to his knees and starts begging for forgiveness (high angle of the man). The two men in suits take the man out into the alleyway we then see a close up of the meat cleaver and see the mans reflexion in the silver, the meat cleaver then comes straight towards the screen and it cuts straight into a black screen with the sound of the man scream fading into the background. That's the opening to my first gangster film i have come up with.


2.  Now for another opening, The camera pans in from an establishing shot of the city where we can see fire and smoke in the distance. The camera slowly pans towards the direction of the fire, we now begin to hear the sound police sirens and screaming.Then the building itself has holes in it with the whole street  demolished, people on the floor, paper falling from the air. The camera goes past all this mayhem and does not focus on anything until it reaches the shop when it then stops. Bodies are all over the floor some alive and trying to stumble away others lay still as if they were dead. This destruction seems like it has hit the entire city not just this road. The shop itself has be almost completely destroyed the camera still is focusing on the camera then the camera now zooms into the building where now we see some movement a guy stands up, stumbles out of the building and then a close up of his face as he looks around. We now hear him say "How did we end up here?" Then the camera zooms out rapidly like the clip is in rewind, it then goes back to the establishing shot we first saw, non digetic music begins to play,the screen goes black and the title screen begins.

3.  My last opening idea is; The film starts with a pitch black screen then a voice over starts talking "soon enough, friends will become foes, or foe become friends" these words are said and nothing else is on the screen then he speaks again the words are also said slowly to create a mood of tension. "My life?" long pause then "My life is The Low" music now kicks in a loud tune which has a great beat. The mans voice is deep and manly, this gives the audience the sense that he must be the main character if it is from his point of view. The titles run over the establishing shot of the city  and various people in the city doing there everyday rountine, then we start to see people dealing drugs, buying guns titles are still going over the top of this scene. Now from this montage we start to see the same characters appear around 5 of them, they are all reloading their guns grabbing their bags, then the music stops and zooms into a large build man with a scar on his face these men are all dressed in suits and are all very tall and muscular but we know who the main man is because he is in the middle and has a scar on his face. It is a close up of of this mans face then he says "lets go boys"but is the same voice as the guy talking at the beginning so the audience will recognise him immediatly. An then the film will begin and the story will start to unfold i think this would be a good opening because it starts with a man building up for action so people will want to see what will happen next.