Pitch for Ideas

Our film focuses on a modern day, city gang and their attempt to obtain the contents of a briefcase (the contents are never revealed to the audience, but some characters are aware of what it is). The main character, a member of this gang, is tasked with obtaining the case, as well as a number of tasks required to actually retrieve the contents.

The opening revolves around the acquiring of the case. It starts with a business man carrying the briefcase leaving a train station, before continuing his journey through the city. Frequent cuts are made between him and the gangster, eventually reaching a point where both characters are in one shot. The gangster proceeds to kill the business man, before walking away with the case. There is a short voiceover during the scene, in keeping with many of the conventions seen in other British Gangster Films. After walking away, the scene edits to the gangster walking towards an alley, where he meets with the boss. More of the story is revealed and the gangster is told what is going to happen next.

We initially thought to implement our titles into our scenes, however thought it would be more suited to the pace of the opening if they were on blank frames between cuts. This is another convention that we noticed about the genre. The font that we use will be 'Goodfish'.

The costumes of the characters were considered with the idea of 'modern gangsters' in mind. Our gangster will wear a leather jacket and jeans, whilst our boss will be wearing a suit. This establishes a mix of traditional and modern gangster attire, as well as give the boss an air of authority.