Film Plot Research

As a start for my new research I will be investigating plot summaries that are similar to the film script in which I want to write. The type of genre I will be investigating is gangster films which is what I want to base mine around.

Top grossing gangster films:
- Goodfellas*
- The Godfather*
- The Departed
- Scarface (?)
- Once Upon a Time In America
- Reservoir Dogs*
- Carlito's Way
- Inside Man*
- Pulp Fiction*

* = most applicable to my script.

My basic plot summary for the first scenes will be set around a bank robbery, a well known established bank in the middle of New York. The time of year will be around the 1950's but with a modern approach to the film, following the steps of two modern films set in late times such as Lawless and Gangster Squad. It will be a very calm and smart start to the script, with scenic views of a busy New York main street. The group of 5 men will be walking calmly down the street in very smart attire*. They will enter the bank calmly without making any fuss or bother and approach the cashier desks and draw their guns towards the bank workers but keeping control of the situation as two of the men control the security guards. The men keep on top of the situation as the scene ends. - This would be the end if the first scene.

Traditional Gangster Attire*

These are, or similar to, the clothes worn by Ryan Gosling in the film Gangster Squad. A very smart identified Gangster film.

From top left to right: Smartcare traditional Fit Dress Shirt; Vincero Light Gray Three-Piece Suit; Stitch to Size Box Patterned Maroon Tie; Borsalino Cashmere Fedora; Allen Edmonds Strand Cap-toe Lace-up Oxford Men’s Shoes.