MAJOR PROJECT: Initial Concept & Development

For the Major Project, I will be working as the Producer alongside Josh who will Direct and Ellen who will be the Cinematographer. However, we will be writing the script together. I was keen to make a 10 minute fictional film as opposed to a Documentary or 'As-live' show as I find cinematic films interesting to watch and have enjoyed making them thus far on the course.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

We have decided as a group that a Comedy-Drama film would be exciting to write and film and that it should feature only a few characters that the audience will be able to connect with in the small time frame. Over Christmas, Josh came up with the concept of a comedy heist or a 'stick up'. He pitched the idea to Ellen and I, it would include two characters only - two guys who would go on a heist.
We would set it up at the beginning so that the audience wouldn't know what to expect from the heist and then the plan would be foiled and they'd end up stealing the wrong thing, whilst delivering a comedic punchline. The temporary name for the script is 'The Stick Up' whilst we are still brainstorming but this is subject to change once we have developed the story further. To add to the comedic value of the film we know that we want one of the two men to be comedic in a silly way i.e he's always forgetting things and being generally stupid which would lead to their plan being sabotaged or ruined.

At the moment, we are all happy with the initial concept we have and will be working together to establish a structure of events so that we can start writing the script and developing the characters a little more. I think that the character development in any fictional film is really important as you want the audience to connect with them and root for them. I think that it will be important for the characters to be protagonists even though they are potentially committing crime.
My initial thoughts are that I think if the script has plenty of funny moments and well written characters, then it should be very punchy and exciting for audiences.