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Conventions of the Crime genre.
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Film Examples:
Typical Actresses:
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
- Get Carter (1971)
- The Killing (1956)
- The Italian Job (1969 original/2003 remake)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- American Hustle (2013)
- American Crime (2004)
- Zodiac (2007)
Typical Actors:
Actresses that starred in the older crime films include Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth and Sigourney Weaver.
Modern day actresses that have been in many crime films include Meredith Eaton, Jessica Alba and Rene Russo.
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Actors that starred in some of the older crime films include Al Pacino, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford and Marlon Brando.
Modern day actors that have starred in many crime films include Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Jason Statham, Liam Neeson, and Pierce Brosnan
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Typical Props:
- Weapons - guns, knives etc
- Cars
- Drugs
- Money
- Handcuffs
- Crime scene tape
- Police Badge
- Evidence bags
- Laboratory items (for a forensic scientist)
Typical Costumes:
- Police uniform
- Gloves/Lab coat - Forensic Scientist
- In Gangster films formal outfits are usually worn, such and suits with ties for men and dresses for women, usually red.
- Makeup can be used to create blood or scars.
Typical Settings:
- Office
- Police Station
- Laboratory
- Houses - Large houses/mansions in gangster films
- Factories
- Streets
- Crowded cities
- Nightclubs
Typical Characters:
In the crime genre there are three types of characters:
Characters that solve crime - PI, Detectives, Police, Forensic Scientists. PI/Detectives are often bad tempered and cynical. Main crime solver often has a troubled background. Police can be portrayed as crooked.
Criminals: Murderers, thieves etc. Can be the antagonist of the film. Can fall under the "false hero" character type by pretending to help solve the crime but giving the crime solver false information. Can be, especially in film noir, the "Femme Fatale", a female predator, even when playing the victim.
Victims of crime.