film production ideas

Genre: gangster/comedy

Codes and conventions of gangster:

·         Power is gained by taking it

·         Violence

·         A ‘loose cannon’ that needs to be attended to

·         Materialistic

·         Women always around them

·         There is always weapons

·         Rival gangs

·         Male members

·         Religious

Representation of males:

·         Dominant

·         Powerful

·         Very influential

·         Commanding

·         Killer instinct

·         Smart

·         Strong

·         Forceful

Representation of women:

·         sex objects/objects

·         inferior

·         powerless

·         always being controlled

Codes and conventions of comedy:

·         Normally two people

·         Tend to be one worse than the other

·         Silly, accidental, stupid, weird

Representation of males:

·         Thick

·         Weird

·         Accidental

·         Silly

·         Distracted/unfocused

·         Sidetracked

Representation of women:

·         Stereotypical  

·         Empty headed blondes

·         Sexual

·         More dominant than men

Our twist on gangster genre:

·         Female members of the gang instead of the traditional male

·         A ‘dippy’ blonde who gets everything wrong

·         Men are seen as the sex objects instead of women

·         Hairspray and heels as weapons instead of guns

·         Religious about womanly materials

Members and traits:

·         Leader: serious, self-centred , sarcastic

·         #1 member, who doesn’t care: oblivious, plays jokes, not very enthusiastic, falls all the time

·         #2 member, who is serious: always being humiliated, never listened to, has ambitions, organised

·         #3 member, dopey blonde: accidental, clumsy, thoughtless, silly, love the colour pink, asks stupid/obvious questions, trips

·         #4 member, backstabber: attitude problem, sarcastic, history between the leader and them self

Possible situations:

·         #2 in the toilets whilst #1 and #3 humiliate her

·         #3 runs out of the toilets screaming “my pee is orange why isn’t it pink?”

Trailers to watch:

British gangster trailers:

·         Reservoir dogs

·         Sexy beast

·         Lock, stock and two smoking barrels

British comedy trailers:

·         St. Trinians

·         Run fat boy run

·         Pink panther (peter sellers)

Possible American trailers:

·         Goodfellas

·         Untouchables

·         Dumb and dumber

·         Pink panther

Possible ideas for the introduction of our trailer:

·         show the members in action, then a still shot of their face with text introducing who they are, with a voice over describing them


Olivia :D