'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels textual analysis

It’s a crime thriller genre

. The opening of the film is the compulsory showing of the film company that funded the film. The company that funded it was UNIVERSAL, so straight away you get an impression that this is a big budget movie, along with the first impression you're expectations are to assume it will be a slick Hollywood Movies. The nest frame shows the smaller company that actually directed it. It is called SKA, this smaller company is owned by Guy Ritchie who is also the director of the film. So when SKA is shown you realise that this film will break barriers in film techniques. The next shot is of the film credits, the background is all black that takes your attention to the credits and what they say. The writing is in a typewriter style, but in white , which makes it a total contrast.

 There is no music whilst the starting credits are being shown, this is another way not to distract your attention by using harsh music or anything else that distracts you. After the credits it cuts to mid shot of a market stool first proper scene of the film, again there is no music which means the main focus is on the first character that is introduced. He is not formally introduced to us by name, it introduces us by showing us his personality. The first impression is that the film is going to be realistic. The lighting looks natural too, nothing that looks too false which holds up the genre of a crime sort of gangster film. Also the camera angles are associated with realism in filming techniques another way it will hold up the genre  .

The shots are over the shoulder, giving you the perspective of the crowd around him. The crowds faces are not focused in on, the main view point is on this mystery character that we have not yet been introduced to yet.So still not formally introduced, the actor beings to talk, he talks with a strong cockney accent, putting the first anchor in on being able to realise where the film is set. 

The audience will have probably already assumed that the scene is in a large city like London. The character talks using slang language and humour, interacting with the audience around him. The connotation of this is that he is educated but not in a well off family, he speaks quickly without stuttering, and also has a lot of things to say,

Then later on in the scene we see chase from the police after these two characters and as they and running down the stares we see a slow motion of  the characters throwing the stolen goods and a cockney narrative starts introducing the characters this is link with the genre of crime and thriller and used a lot to show the genre more so on the crime gangster film and is now quite a classic thing to do with especially with British crime films .