Group 3: Initial Idea (Jamal Pitch)

Initially when we first considered going down the route of making a short film, we brainstormed several ideas regarding the plot and initial ideas which related to the Action-Thriller genre which is the genre we firstly wanted to use in our movie. However, as our knowledge of short films developed and we realised there is a large percentage of films that do not correlate around the genre of Action-Thriller and is geared more post-modernism and "quirky"/skewed perceptions, we decided to follow into that style of filming and the plots that usually follow those.

We have realised that postmodernism acts on creating hyperbolic situations in a variety of narratives, to destroy "suspension of disbelief" because the narrative, camera angles and mise en scene combine to created a distorted perception of the situation. For example, Blade Runner used post-modernism to create an unbelievable fantasy world, where 40s fashion and the idea of AI have carried into modern day - with a twist. Kill Bill, uses post modernism to create a hyperbolic narrative, that combines both "Western themes" with "Eastern screenplay" which results in an unbelievable film (literally speaking) - e.g. theme of revenge, and Western music paralleled with Eastern narrative, dialogue, screenplay and culture. The short film "The Gunfighter" plays on the Western genre of films, and links the audience and the film through the narrator, where all the characters are aware of his presence. - again, creating an unbelievable situation.

What we have decided to do, is practically create an unbelievable film like the prior two mentioned. We used ideas we got from films that Myself, Adrian and Oli watched - such as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, as well as Short Films - such as 2&2, The Gunfighter, and The Heist. What resulted was a mixture of the aftermath of a bank robbery, an unconventional loot and weapons, as well as masks that I was inspired by the game below to include.