I have been looking at the British crime drama and doing some research on various films. I have looked on websites such as TopTenz to have a look at the most rated british crime films of all time.
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-british-crime-films.php

I have watched a few British crime films such as Snatch, Layer Cake and Get Carter. Then I looked on IMDb at the ratings, the actors and I saw that in most of the films, there were no A list actors in them, none that were internationally recognisable. Since Layer Cake was produced before 007 Casino Royale then I could class Daniel Craig as "not internationally known".


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/


Snatch was a film that was popular in the UK and the meaning behind it's success is because of it's director. The director is Guy Ritchie and before Snatch, he produced Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. This acted as a sequel but not in a direct way, much like an evolved version of British crime genre in the 21st century.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/


Although my film is a British crime film, I wanted to search into other crime related films, looking at shots, effects and the like, when I watched the opening of Goodfellas, I decided that I want to use the red filter in my opening. The red creates a sense that there is anger, frustration, murder and blood. It contains many negative connotations and I want to use that in my film as a way of showing that. The death in the opening is used around the middle of the film. Goodfellas goes back into the past after the murder scene. Which is what I want to also use in my opening. The murder scene catches the attention of the viewer and then makes them want to know more about why they are doing this. It is an effective attention grabber. Goodfellas has inspired me to create this film opening with a British-industry type twist.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/