Expanded Idea

As a group we decided that we liked ideas 3, 7 and 9 so we have to decided to incorporate aspects from each one to produce the final idea.
The film is based around four main characters with links to the criminal underworld of their city, they are known for many crimes but robbery being the main one. Each character would have some distinct feature about them for example:
  • One is the man with the plan, calm and collected with an answer for everything and everyone.
  • One is the worrier, the negative member and the nervous one.
  • Ones the psycho, the one who resorts to violence whenever he can and doesn't really care for the plan.
  • And the other is the joker, the guy who everyone loves but wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of.
The 2 minute opening could contain an introduction of each character much like Guy Ritchie did with the films, Snatch, Lock Stock and Rock n Rolla. The shot would freeze to show the character along with their name and possibly a narration saying a quick bit about their character. This could take place as they are walking down a street or getting out of a car. The men smartly dressed are going to a poker game in the back streets so the building would be old or run down.
The scene would keep cutting between this and one of the men at the poker game, this allows for a lot of close up shots so emotion can be shown in the faces. the man is on a winning streak so bets all in and as well as this throws in a clip of money and some car keys. His luck then ends and he loses the hand which is when the camera shows the emotion in his face and then cuts to a shot of him flipping the table (possibly slow motion.). At this point the other three men bust into the room armed to the teeth ready kill everyone and take the money.

A possible effect I would like to look at is whether it is possible during the poker shots to have a black and white effect but edit it to leave in certain colours like the colour of the chips or any reds etc. Much like the kind of effect used in Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City.
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