Snatch Urban Drama

Opening scene Deconstruction

Snatch conforms to all conventions of an Urban Drama and displays them within the opening scene. With a robbery taking place in a Jewish Jewellers as they steal a diamond the size of a fist.

Opening sequence:

In the robbery non diegetic parallel Jewish music is played in the background to connote what sort of industry they are in helping the audience understand the religious representation. The pan of the different security cameras displays a camera view of them walking through another camera.

Robbery scene:
Here we see them pull guns from body armour and jump up onto tables smashing tables and throwing paper around the room. During the diegetic shouting and stamping on the tables. Editing is being used twisting the close up shots this makes the robbery look like a cartoon as it could be compared as to be similar to something you might see in Loony Toons. This also might make the villains look goofy and clumsy which is a trait that follows the characters throughout the film.

 End of a circular motion of the camera

Then the film gets serious as the main protagonist starts asking for a stone 'diamond' and starts hitting a person round the face demanding this precious stone. The shot used it a mid shot that way you could see the mans reaction from the hit. This is then proceeded by someone them undressing out of outfits and someone looking at the diamond.

Then they cut to credits showing all the characters and there main features about them. This is done with none diegetic parallel Jazz music in the background this maybe relating to a urban illegal culture of being hipster. The first one is a close up of a man looking at a diamond this is probably stolen and also tell the audience about the sort of trade that may go on.

Sol throwing money

The culture of a urban drama carries on. A mid shot of a man throwing money displays maybe a loaning or borrowing business. This is proceeded with cartoon like letters that are big and bold suggesting a cartoon like character or maybe personifying what they will be like in the film.

Money culture

This mid shot maybe displays what inner city London is like and how when you porn an item how you could be getting more for it. Therefore displaying the illegal activities of what the film wants to permit. As well as conventions that this is a urban drama which challenges social views of how great some parts of the world are.

Gambling

This close up displays gambling a common convention of an Urban Drama and conforms men gambling and high angle shots of not money but gold chains and watches displays people with disposable income that are very confident about winning and is something you would not expect from a normal legal poker game. the four fingers also could display what happens if you don't pay up in gambling so a sense of violence.

Bare knuckle boxing

Guns

This mid shot of someone punching a boxing bag. The background displays a dirty and caravan and fences which means they are living in the underground which can displays an illegal activity as they are hiding from people. The right image shows a shotgun which is what gangsters usual have, this film would not be a full urban drama without guns or scenes of violence. Again the sound is non diegetic with a jazz sound in the background. On all the characters after displaying there different components a freeze frame allows text to be seen without the image behind it being blurred.