Final Initial Idea

As we had three initial ideas, we decided that the best course of action for our development in this project and to find a compromise, we decided to take what we thought was best in each and place it into the storyline for our script.

What we have decided to put into the film

• So our film will include the costumes that we saw were an intertextual reference to Hotline Miami.
• The costumes that we were inspired by from Reservoir Dogs – more intertextual references.
• A slight "action" transcript that we pitched from the second initial idea. Adrian was inspired by films such as The Matrix and Losses (the short film he analysed. The Matrix in itself is a postmodern short film that exploits the genre of "Gun-Fu", which we decided to implement into the storyline. This will be shown through a Mexican Standoff.
• We decided to take what we liked in the Western genre (Mexican standoffs), and what we saw in The Heist and Reservoir Dogs as well as Pulp Fiction with the crime-thriller genre.

What we have decided to omit

• Dialogue. We know how we wanted the story to develop but we didn't want to rely on the dialogue to take us from point A to B "do, not say" – we want to rely on the shots, mise-en-scene and body language of the actors themselves. This is prevalent in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ending. No dialogue is used and the shots, crescendo in music and body language as well as editing pace are used to create a successful scene.
• The narrator. Like with the dialogue, we decided to omit it.
• The alien. The alien was just used to make an absurd storyline. The general consensus was that it mainly wasn't needed. Indeed it would most likely have confused the audiences as it does not fit well with the generic convention of using few and simple characters.