Video - film Openings : research into the genre gangster and it's audience

After doing some initial research into the various genres available for me to choose from i decided to work within the gangster genre. Some more famous gangster films are 'Scar Face', 'Angels with Dirty Faces' and 'The departed' all of which contain some generic formulas which remain consistent through out all of these films, this includes things like the main villain (who the camera follows around through out the whole film), is usually attempting to follow the 'American dream'. You will also usually find that the main character is from a poor immigrant family causing them to search for wealth, power and respect. This allows the audience to follow the character as they rise and fall in there pursuit. You will also usually find that the power of the main character ends up corrupting and destroying them. A lot of the props used within these films involve dark nightclubs or streets with neon signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy bars, poor living quarters or rooming houses. Even though we know the character is doomed to failure and possible death we feel attached to them and feel that there being portraid as a victim. These films are usually produced by big production companies like universal studios and Warner bros giving them big budgets for large gun fights and big gun chases within big cities, with a big and well known cast.

My target audience in which I'm aiming my film at is young adults aged between 18 - 21 and more than likely male. Demographically i would feel that there occupations would be C2 as they would probably still be at college and university as well as having a part time job. Also photographically they would be more rebelish whilst at the same time being quite aspirational because of the fact that there still in education. To asses my audience in more detail i would say that they live in accommodated flats on site at there university's, they quite often visit the cinema in there spare time or just stay at home watching films or crime dramas on TV like CSI. I think they would enjoy listening to more rock music whilst at the same time they enjoy a bit of rap a RaB. i think that they would be spending most of there money upon the latest fashionable clothes leaving them with little money to spend on foosd causing them to shop at lidl, but at the same time there quite well educated as they are at university but at the same time there rebelious in the way in which they go out at weekends to cocerts and clubs.