Friday, 7 February 2014

Research into films of our chosen genre

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

- Was one of the first 'Road movie' dramas on screen and worked on a budget of Approx. $2,500,000

- The Director was Arthur Penn and starred Warren Beatty, Fyde Dunaway and Michael. J. Pollard

- The Film fell into the Genres of Drama, Romance, Crime and Biography

- The story line told the story of a small town girl meets bank robber boy and they leave their little town behind to live on the road to leave a wake of robberies and font page newspaper articles about the partners in crime.

- The film was put into the classification of a 'M', most commonly known now as a 'PG' and was produced by Wanner Brother Productions.





Generic conventions found within this film, A love story (between Bonnie and Clyde) , a journey (On the open road and character development), an obstacle faced and/or running away from (i.e. the wounding of a fellow friend and the choice to leave them behind or help, and running away from police.)





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