Setting

To help decide on a setting and era of which our gangster film would take place, a questionairre was handed out around the class to see what they would like to see. The questions were:

What do you think of gangster films based in an 'older' era such as the 1930's (Godfather, Goodfellas for example)?

- I prefer gangster films to be based in an 'older' era
- I prefer gangster films when they are based in a more modern era
- I dont mind

If a gangster film was to be based in London, what era would you prefer it to take place within?

- Older
- Modern

If a gangster film was to be based in America, what era would you prefer it to take place within?

- Older
- Modern

On average, the most popular results were:

- I dont mind (what era they are based in)
- American films taking place in an older era
- London films taking place in a modern era

From the feedback I recieved, we have concluded that the best possible setting for our film will be East London, in the modern era. One reason being that people seem to prefer london based gangster films to take place within a modern era, while they prefered American based films to take place in an 'older' era. I assume this is because many gangster films from America are based in the 1930's, reason being 'The Great Depression' was taking place where everyone was at a struggle for wealth, power and money. Enland/London on the other hand doesnt have this kind of history to benefit from in this kind of genre. Hence why we see more gangster films based in London taking place in modern day.

Another reason is that modern day is easy to relate to and being in an area close to it, it is easily accessible.

by Will Leighton