Mystery Genre Conventions

The Mystery Genre often relates to crime and murder mystery, and that is sort of what our film genre is. Yasmin goes missing is all you receive from the opening sequence, so it is unsure whether murder is involved.

Location can be anywhere, but the majority are either in large cities or rural towns with a low population. Our one is a large city as it is based in London. 

Settings can be police stations; big cities (typically London); big country houses; small countyside houses; deserted areas; isolated areas; forests; Heros home; city streets; forensic labs; hospitals; warehouses; docks; lakes; fields. In our opening sequence there are clips of us in a park, and the other setting is the detectives office/bedroom. 

The majority themes that appear in the mystery genre are:
Good vs Bad
Justice 
Confusion
Persistance
Mystery
Interrogation

Mistaken identity

Our one has Mystery, where did Yasmin go? Also slightly mistaken identity as in the rest of the film the detective has to juggle his private life with his public one. 

Also dark lighting is used in certain situations and we did this when filming the opening sequence. The shot of the open folder is quite dark so you can't quite see the picture pinned at the top, so it makes the audience question what it is. Later on you see him pin the picture up and there is enough light to see that it is a picture of me or Morgan. 

Looking at all the possible conventions of the Mystery Genre it is clear that we have followed them while keeping our originality.