Initial ideas

Initial ideas

Here are a few of my ideas that have been stuck in the back of my mind for some time now. I will put these forward to my group members in the next meeting and from feedback we can make a judgment on what to do with each idea. -To use it, develop it further, or just scrap it.

1. there is a notorious London gang (playing on the fears of todays society as gang culture is rapidly increasing) which dress exactly the same, use similar bikes as a means of transport, and commit crimes only as a group, -this is acts as a connotation of their unity. The gang leader is a serial killer and extremely clever. He realises clues he leaves are only tracable back to the whole gang and so this increasses their gang reputation, whilst stops himself being caught. In the opening of this thriller, this main character could either; leave one too many clues for the police to trace, in which case a main theme of the film would be law and order v rebellion, or he could be involved in a gang war in which case we are given an insight to both gangs methods and plans for another battle.- We follow the life of this individual who possibly ends up dying.

examples of dress codes: -same colour bikers masks

- black tracksuits

- same colour bandanas

- same gloves

- BMX's all o fthe same colour

- all teenagers

- all similar hair cuts/hats

- all carry weapons

Although i think this could potentially be a great idea for a film i think for a student piece this is highly impractical not only due to the props but also the sheer amount of actors. I will take this ot the next group meeting and discuss this to see if this can be taken ny further or maybe stem off to another more suitable idea.

Similar to this idea, we could have a group/gang whereby there is a new resident on the block of estates. This boy is of a completely diferent backgrond and has come from a more wealthy family which have lost their money through something, or he could be an orphan old enough to live on his own. This boy is mentally and physically forced to join the gang and they push him to do crimes in order to see how helpful he can be. He is ambition is to try and break free from this estate and live elsewhere but circumstances are just not in his favour (audience sympthise). As a result he is unable to move and is persistantly used as a in between and the final climax is to kill an opposing gang member/leader. This step proves too much and in the end he shockingly is killed.

This is a whole film story although i think an opening to this stroyline would be powerful as we could really get teh audience to sympathise with him and want him to desperately break free. I will take this to the next meeting and discuss and expland on how this could possibly be made into a more effective opening, however i do like this idea.

Things to later consider when thinking of ideas for the thriller:

-Affordable

-Appropriate

-Locations

-Actors/Actresses

-weather

-Lighting