Opening sequence- DISTINCT

This is the opening scene to 'The Football Factory', this opening scene clearly shows and helps understand the genre straight away. The genre is shown in this opening scene so the audience instantly know what they are going to be watching.

Crime/Drama


D- This film has quite a mixed genre, its is both thriller and crime, but also drama.
The film is a very violent film with many action filled fighting scenes, this opening sequence shows you this instantly this and portrays the outlook which is consistent throughout the film.
It has the plot based on 'Football Hooligans' and tells the story of a typical Game day in the early 80's.
Fans of either team would basically attempt to violently fight against each other, each time trying to catch each other out as this scene shows you.
The Crime genre is typically linked with gangsters and mobs, surrounded in violence and murders. This film falls straight in to this genre because of its instant violence and with stereotypical gangster characters heavily involved.
It also falls into Drama, as there is a element of the drama genre features, for example its sets with realistic characters and realistic settings, also with real life situations.
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S- Football stadiums, streets, pubs, wasteland, parks.

T- Violence, victory, wealth, drugs, revenge, reputation, recognition, swearing.

I- Drugs, weapons, knife, gun, casual clothing.

N- To be the best 'Firm' around? - By winning fights to gain reputation which takes them to the top, everyone is then scared of them.

C- Gangsters, violent people, good, bad. Danny Dyer plays the main character, who is a man struggling to decide the path he wants to take in life.

T-  The camera does a lot of close ups which allows the audience to witness the fighting scene very effectively, the sound is also important as the sound of big groups of men brawling has a good effect and shows you the setting of the plot well. Swearing also features a lot, which is typical of a situation like this. Its also edited so it goes into slow motion, when the lady shouts at the men, Danny Dyer's character reacts and the scene slows down to show you his thoughts of the ladies comments.