Conventions

The title of the film
The title 'Rags 2 Riches' was chosen to represent the journey made by our character over a day. He went from having nothing 'Rags' to leading a well respected criminal organisation with which brings with it power and wealth 'Riches'. This idea of wealth and power conforms to the typical conventions, however, the typical conventions are challenged because our character starts off as poor, this is not something that is usually represented in other gangster films.

Setting/Location
Our opening was film entirely in London.  This conformed to the typical conventions of British gangster films because such films in this genre are filmed in the east of London using cockney gangs to portray London's criminal underworld.

Costume and props
Our character main character is wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. This fits in with the

Camerawork and editing
The camerawork and editing that we use in our opening sequence conform to the typical conventions of the gangster genre. We use panning shots of London landmarks to reveal the locations of our opening sequence. We positioned the camera to avoid revealing the main characters identity until the end of the opening sequence in an attempt to keep the audience questioning who the character is. We lower the saturation of some shots to create a silhouette  of our character keeping his identity a secret.

Title font and style
The font style used in our opening is one that represents gold bars. This style is fitting to our storyline as the aim is to become wealthy and powerful and the use of gold bars represents this wealth. The use of the dollar symbol is used to represent money and again fits in to our characters goal of achieving wealth.

Story and how the opening sets it up
The storyline is firstly introduced by the narration. The narration reveals a brief background story of or characters life at the beginning of the story and at the end of the story. The narration of the story is also supported by he showing of the character at the beginning and end of our story revealing to the audience the passing of time and our characters development from rich to poor.

Genre and how the opening suggests this
The genre is revealed through the passing of money. The passing of an object is a common feature in the gangster gene, usually the passing of a briefcase, drugs, money or weapons reveals to the audience that the genre is gangster.

How the characters are revealed
Our character was first revealed through a long shot on London bridge along with the narration the identity of our character is revealed. Form this point onward his identity is hidden until the end of the two minutes. His identity is again revealed at the end of the opening sequence through a mid shot of the character as he exists the cab the shot is then frozen giving the audience a chance to notice who the character is.

Special effects
We used a low saturation throughout our opening sequence in order to darken the scene and make it appear more tense upon the revealing of a character. It also helps to create a mood during our opening sequence as the darker scene make it appear dark and gloomy. This conforms to the typical conventions of the gangster genre because gangster films use a serious and