Green Street has given our group inspiration on what our codes and conventions need to be like in order to express the Genre and appeal to the audience. A huge part of this is how Tez is portrayed as a 'thug' through the clothing and actions of the hooligans in the opening scene of Green Street.
The setting of the film opening is located in an underground and has low key lighting to portray the mood of the scene. Shortly after, the scenery changes to a sophisticated working area and shots of certificate for Harvard university. This allows the audience to identify that the character is stereo typically going to be a smart and sophisticated figure.
The genre is also easy to identify with the opening scene displaying the British crime conversations between two gangs. Although this may suggest to the audience that the genre is crime; drama connotations can be taken from the dramatic feel that comes with it. In contrast, the body language and facial emotions of the character we get to see in the next scene is emotionless. This can imply that something bad has happened and is the reason why he is packing his bags to leave. I became instantly attached to the situation and can identify the dramatic sense of the technical codes of shots and camera editing, which are conventions of a drama film.
Costumes are demonstrated by symbolic codes allowing the viewer to identify what type of character they are. In green street, the 'thugs' are wearing over sized t- shirts, hoodies, dark clothing etc. On the other hand, the next scene we have a completely different style. This involves smart attire represents the sophisticated personality of the character that we are introduced to.
The idea that two parallel lives of the two scenes appeals to us as a group. We feel that we can use this in a way to show the difference between two groups within society, using conventions of Green Street to help us display this to the viewer.