Lock, Stock and Two smoking barrels analysis

The film opens with a monologue of the character speaking persuasively in order to sell stolen goods. The characters voice suggest the film is set in London through the 'cockney' accent, non-digetic sound overlaps the character speaking. A grim atmosphere is shown through the characters joke of the undertaker: 'only person who sells empty boxes is the undertaker'. Dark humor coincides with the character's use of cockney rhyming slang. The character is manipulating the customers with the control he has over the way he speaks.
The humorous ways of the character's joke make his speech have an informal tone, the confidence in his tone could suggest that he had done this before . There is a theme of poverty throughout the opening, 'if you don't see value here today', expressing quite a bleak life of the people that live there. The music is introduced when they are running from the police, it has an fast tempo which matches the characters running. This is known as parallel sound, the music matches what is going on within the scene. The music is upbeat and filled with the sense of adrenaline matching the speed in which the characters are running in.
The font of the opening titles look quite old like a type-writer. This could suggest the lack of money within the area. The font is slightly uneven and there are no capital letters where there should be. This reflects an informal tone the font also looks quite rugged. The white font against a black background highlights the theme of good against evil, which also matches the first scene of the criminals running from the police. The white font also adds to the bleak lifestyle so it could be seen to fit in with the genre of the film.
The next shot opens with a medium, over -the shoulder shot, it dennotes a man doing something which has attracted a crowd. The body language of the various people within the shot show that they may be cold/ tired or their way of life is difficult because of the way they are hunched over. The background of the shot looks like a shop's shutters, this connotes a poor economic climate because the shop appears to be shut down . The clothes in which people are wearing within the shot also look average and not very expensive. This may reflect the working class standard of living in that area. The camera gradually zooms into the man who is persuading the crowd, while it is positioned within the crowd making the viewer feel like they are one of the people in the crowd.
The shot with the close-up of the characters face emphasises that the lighting looks like dull, natural light. This connotes that it is real-life and set in daytime. Following on from this the fifth shot is similar to the third, there is a jump cut away from the characters face. This gives the viewer the feeling of being in the crowd as well. The camera stays onto the character's face while being within the crowd. Another jump cut is used when he character holds up the jewellery and showing the crowd by using a medium shot. The character claps his hands and announces the price as if to encourage the crowd to buy it.
After the character has finished persuading the crowd there is a shot-reverse shot between a man in the crowd and the dealer. The camera changes perspective form the dealer to the man in the crowd, the way that the camera switches then being within the crowd could make the viewer feel swamped by the way the crowd is cut off within the shot.The people in the crowd look distressed this could be because they are aware of the illegal activity, this could be disorientating for the viewer because some of the other people in the crowds faces are cut off.
While the character is selling the stolen items non-digetic sound builds up in the background from a quiet sound to a louder sound.
It is full of suspense sound and carries on playing in the same tone until the police chase them and then the song starts. Things being hurled into the suitcase is filmed through a perspective shot of the dealer, the police run from the right suggesting an off-centre shot leading onto the chase. The scene where they are running turns to slow mode while another character speaks a monologue over it explaining who each characters are and what they are known for. The monologue gives a brief background of both characters and then the opening ends with the title of movie against a black background.