THE BANK JOB



ANALYSIS

The Bank Job, similar to Oceans Thirteen, is a crime caper that initializes in maintaining the conventions of a crime caper. This trailer uses micro elements that also support the conventions. These are sound, mise en scene, editing and cinematography and they all play a part in ensuring the satisfaction of the audience, as well as fitting into the crime caper convention.

In the sequence, sound is simply used to set the tone. The constant non-diegetic music helps to achieve this. This is because the non-diegetic sound is on the go, fast and the loud beat helps to catch the audiences attention. This show the audience that the film is action packed and dramatic. Also used is diegetic sound of characters from clips of the film to give you a small briefing and to give the audience an idea of the storyline which is to come in the rest of the crime caper.

The second micro element use in this crime caper is editing. Editing is vital in keeping the opening sequence rolling and to stop the audience losing interest. One way this is done is by quick simple cuts from scene to scene in order to keep the footage flowing. Also used is fade ins and fade outs, which help to show different views on the same conversation, from different points of view, to maintain the audiences excitement. This also shows contrast. In between different scenes, there is sometimes words that come on in a graphic style which sets the mood of the film and gives away indicators of the plot and storyline of the film.

Thirdly, mise en scene is a micro element which enables the audience to understand the plot more easily. Firstly, pictures and plans are shown in the mise en scene, showing the characters complex plans and strategies to break into the bank as well as displaying their elaborate crime. Lots of equipment is also shown to emphasize their desire and the difficulties into getting their rewards, for example big wads of cash are shown. Also, the showing of guns and police cars show the great danger in the jobs that they are planning, leading the audiences reaction to being that of curiosity and concern as well as excitement. Finally the cars which are shown in the opening sequence are snazzy and fast, and it shows a get way, hopefully to maintain the audiences excitement.

Lastly, cinematography is used. Mid shots are shown for showing every normal conversation in the scenes, and over the shoulder shows these conversations from a different point of view. When showing the plans of the elaborate crime, it is low angle shot which is over the shoulder of the woman looking at the plans. The camera stills shows cars flying past the corner, the camera not following this, so it shows that the car is in a high speed chase as it flys past in a blur. This also helps to maintain the audiences excitement and they are therefore interested in watching more. A long shot is usedsimply to give the audience an idea of where the lookout is and what he is looking at. It aslo gives a general view of the location. Another camera shot are close ups, giving the impression that there work is discrete and not for any outsiders to see.