Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels is a gangster film and it starts off with one of the main characters selling stolen goods to customers. They know it is stolen and so do we as he is not afraid to say they are. His attempt to be arrogant pays off as he comes across as demanding and confident. You can only hear his banter going on besides the mumbling of the crowd. He is selling jewellery what seems to be an ally way or street corner. There are no other market stalls there so we know he doesn’t to be seen which indicates he is up to no good. In between shots of the acting of the opening sequence there are black backgrounds with typewriting white font which is the opening credits. This helps to introduce the film. Even though the opening credits come in between the acting we can still hear the man selling the goods. This opening sequence sets the main concept of the film. Criminals running against the law. What helps us relies this is that at the end of the opening sequence they are running from the cops.
　
The first shot of this film it is a medium over the shoulder shot. You can see a man standing behind what seems to be some form of a market stall and there is a crowd of people standing looking at him and at what he is trying to sell them. They seem to be interested in what he is saying as they are continually looking at him. The setting looks like its in an ally way, not many people would sell or buy there unless they are up to no good and don’t want to get caught.
The second shot within this sequence is a close up shot of the man who is selling the stolen goods. With this being a close up shot it indicates that this character is a main character in this shot and his presence is significant. The man has a skin head haircut and appears to be wearing all black. This could indicate that he doesn’t want to be noticed or show who he really is (personality wise). Also by looking at what the crowd are wearing , the majority of them are in brown which makes the man stand out in black. When the man speaks his voice has a cockney accent and he uses colloquial language to talk banter to his customers. This suggests to the viewers that he is from a lower class. He seems to be selling stolen jewellery and doesn’t seem to mind to tell them as he says in an abrupt manner "If you can see value here today, your not happy shopping: your happy shop lifting".
The third shot is of the production titles and it says "The Steve Tisch company". It is on a black background and the writing is in white. The font of the writing gives the impression of a typewriter font. This could suggest to the viewers that the theme of this film is going to be poverty and people from a lower class background. this is because type writers were an old fashioned writing. Also because the movie was produced by and unknown production company this can suggest that it is an independent film and may only appeal to certain people.
The forth shot is a close up of the man selling the stolen jewellery again. By constantly doing close ups of this man the director is trying boast the importance of him being there and that he is a main character. This man is perceived as a petty criminal as he is just selling stolen jewellery at the back of an ally way.
Within the fifth shot the camera is immersed within the crowd that is viewing the man. This can give the effect that were part of the crowd looking to buy/know of him. The man is beginning to get the jewellery out of it's packaging, this builds suspense for the viewer because they will finally get to see the jewellery that he has been boasting about for so long.
The sixth shot is of title saying "Ska films". The font and background are the same as the third shot. ,
The next shot is of the man again. Yet again it is a close up shot, signifying that he is the most important part of the whole opening sequence because through out the whole scene so far the focus has been around him. All the cameras are at and medium angle shots or close up shots or at eye level and are able to focus on him comfortably. This could suggest to the viewers that he is going to be a significant part of the whole film and the director wants them to build a relationship with him.
The shot after is of a title that reads "Presents". This is also like the previous shot titles plain and original. All of the shots have been carefully thought out and it can be shown through this shot. this is because the next shot is of the man finally presenting the jewellery to the customers. This shows that the placement of this was thought through thoroughly could signify to the viewers that every detail of the film will be perfected.
This ninth shot is a medium shot of the man and the camera shot within the crowd and focusing on the man holding up the box of jewellery.
The tenth shot is a medium shot of a new character. We now get the picture that while the camera was immersing with the crowd was because we were seeing it through his eyes. He is also wearing black which could indicate that he is an important character as he stands out from the rest of the crowd. He repeats the price of the jewellery being sold, while the man replies ‘are you deaf‘. This shows that the man is quite rude but the customer is still happy to buy. This shows that he is also quite dominating. With using this type of insult towards him it could suggest to the viewer that they may
know each other.
The shot after that is a close up shot of the mans head. He is still talking to the crowd trying to get them to buy the products off him. He does this buy being quite cynical ‘ left leg, right leg, your body will follow. We call it walking’.
This is the twelfth shot and again it is the plain black background with the typewriter font. This time it says ‘a matthew vaughn production’. We can still here the man bantering on, this time it sounds like he is talking to a women ‘you want one as well darling’, instead of being rude like he was to the male customer, he is polite to the woman. This shows that he is stereotypical to women.
In this shot the man selling still uses his lines to engage the customers in buying. It seems to work because the customers are handing him money while he is packing the jewellery in to a bag to give to them.
This fourteenth shot is of the other man, he appears to be looking to left, this makes the viewer wonder what he could be looking for. This could arouse even more
suspicion that he is connected to the man selling the jewellery and he is on look out for him in case they get caught selling stolen goods.
In a following shot it is again the black background and white typewriting font saying ‘a guy ritchie film’.
Soon after, in this shot we can a hear background sound (other then the crowd noises) of a couple of beeps to start off with then it goes into a fast beat of drums.
The following shot is of the first buyer telling the other man that there are coppers coming.
Then the next shot is a close up shot of the man selling quickly throws all the goods into a suitcase which previously was used as a table so he could sell. Now they are both making a quick get a way. This shows the viewers that these two men were connected all along they were working together to make sure that they didn't get caught. By knowing this the viewer may think that the men are going to be working together throughout the whole film.
After that there is a shot of two coppers running past the crowd to get the two man running in front of them.
Shot 20 is the final shot. It is a long shot of the two men running towards the camera. The camera pans round with them while they are running and it is now a medium shot. We can now see the back of them as they jump over an obstacle while the two coppers follow behind them this is now a long shot as we can see the two men running in a longer distance. The music playing in the background suits this part of action as it is upbeat and lively. It suit’s the lower class, grunge down society that they are in. It also fits in with the chase.