Coursework Discussion 3 - 18th November

We again chose to separate the roles within the group to enable us to finish all the work we set ourselves to do. This meant that 2 members of the group had a chance to catch up on and finish their outstanding posts on their blogs and the other 2 of us researched into the background behind typical gangster clothing, for example what it consisted of and where it originated from. We found this to be extremely helpful as we were able to see which films, specifically ones we we had researched into, conformed to the typical mise-en-scene and how we would reflect this specific, yet typical, costume in our own trailer. As we were struggling to get a clear idea of what we wanted our trailer to consist of we thought it would be helpful to look into typical gangster plots and what they consisted of so we had something to relate back to and use almost like a template that we were able to add to. We also researched into the plots from The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs and Public Enemies for additional help as these were the films that initially caught our eye. We also attempted to developed the music we had started to make for our trailer using garage band but found it slightly difficult to get the right beat without having a clear idea of what our trailer is going to actually consist of therefore we have made it a priority to come up with some good ideas for our trailer. To make our ideas all come together we brainstormed them all down onto a piece of paper so we were able to get a rough idea of exactly what we wanted and how we would fit it all together.