Photos of Locations

This is the pub location we are going to use for our third scene in Ardsley Barnsley.

Risk assesment

List of tricky shots/effects/edits

For our opening titles we wanted to make a full animation like the one chris has shown you however due to time constraints this was not possible. There is some really tricky shots in there such as, wanting to follow the bullet all the way through the different characters by the bullets perspective.
We wanted the animation to have a background behind the characters but this seems extremely difficult.
We would've liked to a big ariel to establish the scenes and where the setting is
Also dissolving edit effects we would find difficult

Shooting Script

The different shots we intend to use in each scene are:

Scene 1

Establishing Shot

Scene 2

Medium shot
Close up
Extreme close up
Low angle shot
Edits: Cuts

Scene 3:
Establishing shot
Medium shot
Medium close up
Over the shoulder shot
Medium three shot
Mid shot
Edits: Match on action

Scene 4:
Medium Shot
Close up
Long shot
Medium close up
establishing shot
Low angle shots
Cuts:Fades out to black

However due to this only being a draft we may add or leave ut some of the intended shots

Title Sequence ideas

This is the title sequence from Smokin' Aces, I liked the idea of the colours used and the way the names of the actors appeared. I may consider incorporating similar ideas into the title sequence of my own film.

Title sequence from Blown Away, this is similar to the Smokin' Aces title sequence. I like the idea of switching to different characters and the movement of how they switched. Also, the close in and zooming out greatly interested me and maybe something to consider in my own. As well as, it was made more intriguing by the way that all the characters were in action poses.

This is another interesting opening sequence from the film RocknRolla. I like the idea of the characters seem to be separate from the background and the images are moving. I like the 2D cartoon-like effect very much and intend to use something similar in my own title sequence.

Opening title ideas/Analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6GwiPKVvnQ

We would like to use a similar technique used in the opening titles of 'life of a bullet' showing the bullets perspective of how it was made and the point of view of it being fired. This would be great for our gangster film getting the audiences interest quickly considering the opening titles only have to be short.
This uses quick fast paced and ragged composition on the camera. It uses panned effects to let the opening titles run smoothly.
'The life of a bullet' tells you its a gangster film from the opening titles and a bullet suggests war destruction and violence like in our film.
The music produced is tense creating the mood to the audience of how the film is going to be represented.

The setting is of the bullet being made referring yet again to the title. Later on the bullet travels to a foreign country, which represents the film is going to be about war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6GwiPKVvnQ

This camera shot could also be used of a point of view of someone holding the gun before cutting to the point of view of the bullet.

The Gallants-Script

This is our first draft of the script. Amendments may be needed, depending on whether the film runs over the 2minutes or is less. Also, improvements may be added at a later date, this all relies on whether or not we are happy with the current condition of the script.

Script inspiration: Snatch

http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Snatch.html
I looked at this script to influence me on how to write my own and how to set it all out.

Film reviews

As personally being a fan of Guy Ritchie films. Due to enjoying 'Snatch' and "Lock stock and two smoking barrels' mostly, I was influenced to create a film of a similar mold, using those films as main inspiration as well as others. Here are links to film reviews and my own personal thought behind them.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snatch/
Snatch is my personal favourite, it's combination of fast paced action with witty lines and standout characters make this very British, very London film a true delirium.
From this film I attained the idea of freeze shots and use of narration to introduce characters, I will also attempt to put some form of humour into it, but make it subtle as it is essentially a thriller and not a comedy. Also, it is difficult to write really funny lines and I do not want to derail too far from the fact it is a thriller. 


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels/
Another Guy Ritchie great, Lock stock is also a Gangster comedy. It is a little more clearer than the frenetic Snatch, but no less entertaining. It is a very clever film that seems to achieve more than Snatch and seems much more believable, but Snatch just tops Lock Stock due to it's more exciting characters and frenzied storyline.
The story line influenced me more with my own film, because it has more clarity within the storyline and is easier to understand. The idea of owing money and having to pay it back to a powerful Gangster greatly interested me and can be shown within my own film.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1032176-goodfellas/
Goodfellas is a very popular Gangster film and I felt it essential that I included it somewhere. Possibly Scorsese's finest hour. Despite this being an influence to any other Gangster film, I did not find it a great inspiration with my own film due to it being too American-Italian, it is much too formal and organized, where as I wanted to a derive a fast paced truly British film. The typical and perhaps cliched 'family' of an American Gangster film didn't interest me, as I prefer the rough and rawness of British films. Films like Goodfellas and The Godfather are too 'suit' for me, I wanted to recreate something with the idea of Leather Jackets and selling stolen goods to get by. However wanting to make a Gangster film, I felt like these films were too organised and too 'Gangster' for me. For me, I cannot associate the suit wearing, organised 'family' with a British style film.

Our Distrubitor

We would love Warner Bros (formed in 1923 as Warner Bros pictures) as our distributor as they also distrusted successful gangster film such as goodfellas and had a revenue of $1.7 billion in 2007. People will have interest in seeing our film because it has distrusted several other films such as harry potter, dukes of hazard, lethal weapon and Sherlock Holmes.
Also being a fully integrated company this could benefit our film to distribute trailers (all sorts of above the line marketing) including Warner Bros records for soundtracks in our film.

Our Distrubitor

Character Profile: Dunc

Full name Duncan Cocker. Dunc is not really a main character, but he is used as a plot device to introduce Sergei and reveal his character more. He is an art enthusiast and employs Sergei to steal the Lowry painting for him. Dunc has great knowledge of of art and often paints his own pictures. As an adolescent he went to art school, but was excluded due to his drug addiction. He now uses his various links as potential buyers who do not ask any questions. He does not get involved in the 'dirty work' due to him being physically being thin and lack of imposing threat. He was born into a middle class family, or upper lower class in the intake of Sheffield. Despite his fairly high status, he does have a strong Yorkshire accent.

Appearance wise he is tall, thin and appears unkempt. He has messy hair and has a beard and wears thick framed glasses. He is a smoker and often experiments with various drugs, mainly pills, but he has an addiction to heroin.

Character profile: Sergei Ivanov

Sergei is 24 years old. Nobody really knows a great deal about this character, which adds to his mysteriousness and makes him seem more dangerous. He is often referred to as 'the Russian' usually due to an inability by other characters to pronounce his name. Born in the outskirts of Moscow and to a poor family, he quickly learned tricks of the streets and was alreadt a skilled thief by the time he was 14.

He is a very quiet character and rarely speaks, but when he does it's something usually surprising and eloquent. He does not actually speak within the beginning of the film. He is employed by famous paintings collector Dunc, because of his expertise in large scale heists in his homeland, Russia. These heists involved organised bank robberies and stealing large amounts of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine.

Due to his intelligence and ability to pose as people of higher class (i.e. pretending to be a rich business owner), defines him as a very successful conman and thief. Though unimpressive in appearance, thin, pale, and of average height-perhaps even below and scruffy, he is extremely dangerous and can have episodes of psychotic behaviour. This usually happens when drunk or under the influence of
drugs. He has often caused great physical harm to people and has killed 7 people in such events.

He is an occasional smoker and user of narcotics, he is an avid whisky drinker and he is very often in bars. 

Dave AKA Gonzales

Name: Dave AKA Gonzales
Age: 21
Occupation: Unemployed

Dave was a bit of a bully at school and left only with a GCSE in P.E. He has low intelligence but despite this he makes up with it, with his brawn and pure strength and speed. He left home to London to pursue a course as a fitness coach. He had no past criminal conviction until he fell in with Easter's gang at a music festival and caused criminal damage to the bar, when he couldn't get served.
His role within the gang seems well appreciated by using his sheer strength to break into places and vaults for their own dirty work. His speed on running from the police comes to there advantage because he can always escape with the goods. His parents are unaware of the trouble he's causing.
Likes:
Running
Breaking things
Going to the gym
Alcohol
Dislikes:
Fat people
Mcdonalds

He got his nickname due to his speed and his acceleration from the cops.

Character Profile: Will Easter

Full name William Easter, but known to his friends as 'Easter'.

He is in his late 20s, approximately 27/28 years of age. Technically he is unemployed but makes his money selling stolen good and pharmaceuticals. Despite this illegal activity he has never been sentenced to jail, however he has served a few community services mainly when he was a teenager for joyriding and selling pills to schoolmates.

Easter is realistically the leader of the group, he is also the narrator of the beginning of the film and main character. He is more or less the anti-hero of the film, but struggles to fulfill this criteria due to his many flaws, thus leads to his downfall without really achieving a great potential. He is cleverer than his friends, which leads him to be the leader of the group, though he is not an official leader and should not be confused as their boss.

Easter would have probably achieved more in life it hadn't been his gambling problem and occasional drug use. Being an avid gambler has led to the situations he has got himself into with crime-lord Frank, who Easter owes money to. This gambling addiction ultimately leads to his downfall.

Character Profile: Frank

Name: Frank Barmley AKA: Franky four fingers
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Occupation: Businessman, making money through crime

Frank left school with minimal qualifications and found himself getting a job at Yorkshire bank at 16. His lust for money ended up getting him fired, after stealing cash from the till and hacking into peoples bank accounts at the age of 30. He fell into a life of cheating and manipulating people into getting the money for him. He formed an alliance with the gang after promising them a good share of the money from hacking into several people's accounts. He has a short temper when things don't go to plan, when giving out orders. Also when he wants the cash at a certain time.
The main hard talking boss of the gang fell into the betting business at 33 by him not returning the public's winning money. The police and his wife are unaware of his scheming and lies as he has managed to cover up this for many years, even though he has low intelligence.
Likes:
Pies
Money
Being top dog
Himself

Dislikes:
His gang members (as long as they get the money for him)
His wife, he only uses her to bring extra money into the house.
Hard work
Yorkshire bank
When he dosen't get 'his' money
When he has to help others

He got his nickname 'Franky four fingers' for his reputation for his bad temper because he breaks peoples fingers when he doesn't get what he wants. Also for his sly, tricky, four fingers in swiping peoples pin numbers in, to get their cash. His distinctive trait is being quite crazy and mad for doing this and his 'massive' ego.
He has no children as he sees them as a burden and lives in London in a small secluded house to hide from the public and police.

Character Profile: Mickey

Michael AKA: Mickey
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Occupation: Selling stolen goods

Mickey left school with no qualifications, and had very little interest in work when he left.
He got introduced to his fellow gang members in a club in London at 20 and hasn't looked back since.
He smokes, has a big criminal record with the police and has committed robbery and theft throughout his neighborhood since. He has also been caught selling stolen goods including drugs. Although he does all the dirty work, the money gets split between the gang with him getting the least
His relationship within the gang is very small due to him joining the gang last. He still feels as though he is learning the trade however due to him doing most of the work, he gets the least credit and feels unrecognized.
He hasn't got a girlfriend because of his lifestyle and being immature.
He says he likes:
Mcdonald's
Money
Just being in a gang
Thrill from doing a job
A secret soft spot for Disney (How he gave himself the name)
He Dislikes:
Weapons (still sees using them as wrong)
Neglect
Thinking
Vegetables

He tends to hide behind the others when it comes to him being blamed.
His parents threw him out at 16 and he lived in a small flat in Barnsley, he moved to London when he met his gang.

Treatment

Treatment

Treatment: Feature film

Film: The Gallants

Duration: 90 Minutes

Audience: Those who are interested in British style gangster thrillers.

15 age rating for imitable behaviour, drugs, violence and strong

language.

Possibly suited for those interested in crime thrillers.

synopsis: Frank is threatening William (Easter) and his gang to get back the money they owe him. They plan to steal a Lowry painting from a local rich businessman. Sergei a Russian criminal and his gang both plan to steal the same painting. Both unaware of the others plans they turn up at different times at night and a gangster war begins to claim the painting. A gigantic blood bath begins where Micky loses his life.

Easter and the rest of the mob begin to plan revenge. They create a trap by paying some other gangsters to lead Sergei's gang to their downfall. Unaware that the police are listening in, Easter’s plan backfires and he gets jailed. His gang plan to get him out. They break him out and have a narrow escape from the police.

Easter and his mob find Sergei’s hideout they trash the place and warn them their days are numbered. A big shoot out occurs in the suburbs of London. Easter his own gang turn against him to steal the painting and get the money. They kill Easter in a gruesome fashion. A final bloodbath occurs for everyone to try and claim the painting. Only Sergei alone becomes victorious. However whilst trying to escape Frank kills him learning the whereabouts of the painting which he claims for himself.

Suggested Elements:

a) Flashback to Sergei bribing Easters gang.

b) Special Effects for explosions and violence

c) Unexpected twist in the story

d) Filmed in local British locations.

BBFC 15 rating

’15′

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.