Certificate of film

18- Suitable only for adults
• Material includes scenes of breaking the law
• Imitable behaviour by simulation of illegal drug use
• Portrayal of violence
• References to sex
• Strong language
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/18-2

Similar films research

Snatch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_%28film%29

Snatch is a crime film, written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It has a London criminal setting which contains 2 intertwined plots : one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small time boxing promoter who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster.

Distributed by Columbia Pictures and Screen Gems
Budget- $10million
Gross revenue- $83,557,872


Reviews
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snatch
http://www.musicomh.com/films/snatch.ht

Genre research

Crime thrillers research

Crime thrillers are a hybrid of crime films and thrillers. They often use suspense of successful or failed crimes, which usually focus on the criminal(s) rather than the policeman/detective. They normally emphasise over psychological aspects such as killers/murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, heists and double crossers. Many crime thrillers revolve around revenge, due to a death or possible double crossing.

Other conventions:
protagonist with tro0ubled past and vulnerable family.
Revolves around secret organisation.
Binary opposites.
dark lighting.
screen time focuses on good and bad characters.
few locations but within the same country.
music important as it as it builds up tension.


Examples of Crime Thrillers:

Seven- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_%28film%29
No country for old men- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Murder
Ocean’s 11- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Eleven_(2001_film)

Treatment: Opening sequence

Film: Pretty Violence

Duration: 2minutes

Audience: For those interested in British crime thrillers or gangster thrillers. Can be enjoyed by both genders, but will greatly interest females as the film is based around a female drug gang.
15 age rating for violence and imitable behaviour.

Synopsis: Film begins in a bar with people talking in the back ground. The entrance of five female changes the tone of the bar and it becomes quiet. The people in the bar begin to look wary at the entrance of the girls. The girls sit down and start talking, eventually one of the girls walk over to a man sat in the corner of the pub, she picks up a pool cue and kicks over a chair and then proceeds to hit him with the pool cue.
The other girls get up and join in with the beating. The scene then cuts to a car rolling up by a park. The girls pull the man, who is now tied up, out of the boot of the car. They throw him to the ground before proceeding to beat him again.
Then the scene cuts to the girls walking down a street, each character’s name is introduced and the scene fades to black before the title of the film appears.

Film idea change

After last minute inspiration, I decided to completely change the film to improve it greatly. This includes the whole idea, however some research will still be used.

Full length treatment

I decided to re-jig the treatment and made amendments to the cutting of character Dave.

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 killing the real guest

b) Special Effects for guns shots and violence.

c) Unexpected twist at the end of the story.

d) Filmed in local British locations.

e) Narration by lead character

Floor plan - Office

Shooting script- exterior bookies scene

Only 1 shot will be used, this is a establishing long shot which will only last a few seconds.

Shooting script- Office scene

This is the shooting script of the office scene in which Frank is on the phone to Easter.

1. Close up of graph
2. Pans to inside the office towards table
3. Medium close up
4. Close up
5. Freeze frame
6. Medium close up
7. Close up of cup
8. Camera movement on cup
9. Close up
10. Medium close up
11. Close up phone
12. Close up of cup
13. Camera movement of putting cup down

Note: all shots will be in high angle of Frank to show his power.

Floor plan Darkly Lit Room

Shooting script- Last scene (Dark room)

These are the shots that will be used in the final scene of the film with Sergei and Dunc.

1.     Medium close up of Sergei

2.     Close up of him picking up drink

3.     Camera follows the glass as he drinks it

4.     Close up Dunc pouring drink

5.     Medium close up

6.     Panning shot of dunc walking to table

7.     Close up of putting drink down

8.     Medium shot of Dunc talking

9.     Shot reverse shot

10.   Medium close up showing newspaper

11.   Close up

12.   Shot reverse shot

13.   Medium close up

Note: all shots of Sergei are in low angle and shots of Dunc in high angle to show that Sergei is employed by Dunc.

Floor plan

http://www.gliffy.com/gliffy/# This is the floor plan for the pub scene

Shooting script- pub scene

1. Establishing shot of pub
2. Long shot of Easter in the centre of the shot
3. Panning long shot of Easter walking to the table
4. Medium-close up shot of Easter sitting down
5. Close up of Mickey speaking
6. Medium shot showing both Easter & Mickey- to show Easter's response
7. Shot reverse shot Mickey and Easter speaking (give time to show Easter's facial expression after Mickey finishes speaking)
8. Medium close up of Easter still speaking
9. Close up to show Mickey's facial expression
10. Medium close of Mickey reading newspaper
11. Close up of Mickey reading out from the newspaper
12. Shot reverse shot of Easter's expression then back to Mickey still speaking
13. Medium shot of Easter
14. Close up of Easter reaching for his pint
15. Medium close up of Easter drinking pint
16. Close up of Easter putting down his pint.

Script: Pub scene

Due to a character being cut, amendments needed to be made to the script.  Here is the result of the adjustments:

Title sequence storyboard

This is the storyboard of our title sequence. They will be still frame animated images, which move along introducing each character in the film.

This is the first image, a medium close-up shot of a firing gun.

The second image introduces the title of the film, a bullet moves across the scene from left to right.

This is a medium close-up shot of Sergei with a flickering background. The bullet still moving across the screen.

This is another medium close up of character Dave.

Medium shot of characters Dave and Mickey.

Medium close up of character Frank

Medium close up of character Easter.

Fade to black background before the film begins.









Additional notes: The bullet continues to move through the different characters, as if the screen following the bullet to introduce the different characters of the film.

Props: Book Makers - Barnsley town centre

No props used for the outside of the book makers

Props Pub: Ardsley

Table
Three chairs
Three pint glasses
Newspaper

Location: Small room

Location will be in a small room, possibly quite dark or poorly lit.

We chose it to be fairly dark to add suspense to the scene and to give the effect that something is not quite right.

Props needed for filming:

Table
2 chairs
Bottle of vodka (filled with water)
2 glasses
Pictures of artwork on walls
Newspaper
Pictures of music i.e. bands

Counter

Lights (used to adjust lighting)

Location: Office

Location will be of an available office or room made to look like an office within the Honeywell building site.

This is the room we will be using as Frank's office.

Props needed for filming.


Desk

Cup
Telephone

Whiteboard

Charts
Plant

Chair