Influences of style.

To understand the importance of style in the media industry, I have created a moodboard demonstrating any inspiration about style that I could take from the images. I have collected a range of media forms, which are adverts, magazine covers, TV and film shots, to understand how style is massively important in all forms of media.



I then decided to create a photopeach demonstrating a variety of costumes that have been used in Gangster Films in general, although I have mostly emphasised upon British Gangster Films. This has allowed me to understand conventions of the genre, as well as deciding upon the costumes for my own film opening. I have noticed a trend of either smart and suited 'traditional' costumes, such as Get Carter, or some quite casual 'modern' ones, such as those in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It will be important for me to consider which of these types of costume I will want to use myself, or if I might want to create a fused idea of the two, similar to images 10 and 11 from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, where some characters are in suits and some are not. This will be something important to consider when planning my own film opening.