First Plot/Content Ideas

This is a first draft so the ideas I will be expressing may not be final, some or all of these ideas may not be used in my short film but while these ideas are swimming around in my head I feel it would be a better idea to get them down on virtual paper.


My short film will begin with a lady (Lyndsay) being mugged by a 3 people in a snicket. They will leave and Lyndsay will run away

It will then cut to a title shot which will then cut to two unnamed Hitmen in masks walking down a road to a target house. They will be engaged in clever, snappy dialogue. This will be a reference to the beginning of the main plot in Pulp Fiction where Jules and Vincent are in a car talking about Vincent's trip to Amsterdam before they hit the apartment.

They will then proceed to enter the target house where they will proceed to tie their target (Joe) to a chair and shout some things at him before repeatedly shooting him. The main shooter will then light a cigarette and they will both leave.

                                                                This general idea...


It will then cut to a transition page, which will then cut to the two Hitmen being given the assignment by an angry lady (Lyndsay) who wants rid of someone who she owes money to. The Hitmen will negotiate finance briefly and then accept and leave.

It will then cut to another transition page and another shot of the two Hitmen walking into the same snicket after their job. They will be confronted by the other two muggers. They will all pull guns on eachother and then the film will end. This will be a cliff hanger that i wanted to achive due to the ending of Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels. It will also be a reference to the way Pulp Fiction ends, with the first scene also being the end scene in a way.

Ideas and Aspirations for my Short Film

We've been talking about this new project for a while and i think I'm finally starting to have some solid ideas on how I want this to pan out. I'm thinking a mixture of Pulp Fiction and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

This will include men in suits (with English accents apposed to the classic New York/overall American accents in usual Tarantino films) and possibly masks. The masks will make sure my movie isn't too generic and will disguise the fact that i will obviously be using young actors thus making my short film more realistic.

                                                 Like this but maybe with masks...
In true Tarantino fashion my short film will be nonlinear, it will also feature a soundtrack that I will be composing of music common of Tarantino films (60's era music basically) that will back up the likeness that i will hopefully be creating.

The likeness of British gangster movies will be that my actors as mentioned before will have British accents and their characters will be working for hire rather than having a set boss like American gangster movies usually have. It will also obviously be set in England.

I will also be using Tarantinoesque camera techniques, for example when Joe is shot multiple times by my other actors the camera will pan to the left and close up on the shooters face rather than show Joe being shot. This is also used in Reservoir Dogs when Mr. Blonde cuts off the undercover cop's ear and in Pulp Fiction when Jules and Vince shoot the man who Marsellus Wallace hired them to kill.  

Like this but with a white teenager...

I will also be utilising the same snappy and interesting dialogue from both Tarentino and Guy Richie films. This kind of dialogue is the driving point for both of these film styles so getting this right will be the biggest challenge of my film making process.

Due to the creative use of camera angles and shots I will not be needing any sort of blood pack this time. Therefore I can use the budget for things such as gun props and masks. This will allow my film to look better on a whole rather than one creative prop like last year. This will improve the overall success of my short film and hopefully help me to meet my target set by this years exam of having a better project than last year.

In conclusion. My ideas for this year are alot more creative and therefore will probably be more sucessful even if they will be harder to flesh out. A gangster themed short film is unconventional but I like it, it will probably make my head explode by the end but I think I can handle it. In the next post I will be going through a general plot synopsys.

                                                             Like this but me.....

Hello A2!!!

 

New Media project on the way, got some good ideas swimming around that should hopefully connect better with my technical abilities than last year…
Lets not go into last year, that’s behind us. We are looking forward and all we see are AWESOME MOVIES!
Will be posting some first ideas soon as well as some reasearch projects.
Watch this space.

Questionaire

Are you a fan of Quentin Tarantino?


Yes                      No             

If yes, what is it about his productions that you enjoy?




If no what is it about him they you do not enjoy?




Do you prefer British (Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels) or American (The Godfather) ‘Gangster movies’?


American                     British

What conventions do you enjoy of these styles of film?



What conventions would you like to see added or taken away?


Do you enjoy short films?

Yes                          No


What would you say is a good length for a short film?


1-3 minutes                4-6 minutes                7-9 minutes            
10 minutes or over

If you do not enjoy short films, what is it about them that gives you this opinion?


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