Iconography

Iconography

For my iconography research were going to look at crime thrillers since the genre of our chosen storyline is that.

Iconography is the generic symbols or signs you associate with that genre.

When watching a film about crime we see the same type of characters such as hooligans (always men).  Then a rival groups of people ‘working class’ criminals/rioters and of course the police. Words in the film that are usually said to describe the criminals would be ‘street smart’, ‘chavs’, ‘rioters’ and ‘hooligans’. Green street and away days are very good examples of this.

Iconography in crime thrillers would be graffiti, drugs, weapons, alcohol and poor living conditions like a rough estate or neighbourhood.  There are many weapons in the film killing me softly this gives the audience the hint that it is a crime thriller straight away.

In the genre of crime we see themes such as crime, rivalries, police chases and violence/fights, law breaking and even deaths. In thee kind of films we also see gangs wearing branded jackets and police in the standard uniform.