Conventions of Gangster Subgenres
The Gangster is really a subgenre of the Crime genre, however now that it has become increasingly more popular, it now has subgenres of its own, which are:
Film Noir: a distinct branch of crime/gangster sagas from the 1930's. They are normally black and white films featuring a cynical loner hero and a femme fatale in a big seedy city. The mood is normally features guilt, evil and paranoia.
American style-gangster films: Where the characters take the law into their own hands by dealing with someone or something themselves.
Detective and Mystery: Films that focus on an unsolved crime, where the main character tries to solve the crime, usually of the murder or disapperance of a fellow character. The main character normally meets a girl who helps him presue the criminal or solve the crime.
Road Films: All features have one long episodic journey on the road to either escape or reach some goal.
Suspense - Thriller: Known to promote intense excitement, suspense and anticipation, also inculde anxiety, tension, uncertainty and expectation.
British style- gangster films: The only real difference between this and American style is that this one has more artificial lighting and less sound apart from spoken diagetic dialogue.
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