Research for Shoots

Props:

As this will be a crime film, I will include some genre related props. There will be action related around guns, baseball bats and cars. I will use each as a way of developing the story as the criminals are supposed to steal a car. They will steal the car with a baseball bat as one of their weapons. Later in the film the three are captured and held up at gun point. I will use handcuffs or rope during the hostage scene as well as a bag over their heads in order to show that they have been captured. Many crime films such as Pulp Fiction and memento will lay the groundwork for the types of props that I am looking for.

Hair and Makeup:

During the hostage scenes I would like for the people to appear as if they have been beaten up and left in the place over night. As a result their hair must be messy and should not look like it has been recently done. In order to show that they have been beaten up I will use bruising makeup in order to create black eyes. I will also use fake blood in order to give the impression of a bleeding nose or cuts on the face. My inspiration for the bruising and cut make up will come from Breaking Bad and Reservoir Dogs.

Costumes:

Since the characters are around the lower middle class, they will dress in typical jeans jacket/hoodies. When they are committing crimes, they will wear darker clothing, padded gloves, equipped with weapons with their faces covered. The captors will be wearing similar, more update outfits. When the three are captured, they will be dressed in rouged up clothing that they wore to the heist on the previous day. They will have duct tape on their mouths and will sometimes have a bag on their head, and are restrained to the chair with rope or handcuffs. The three will then be forced to commit crimes with more updated gear. One of the victims of the event will have been injured over the course of the film and will have bandages and a sling on his arm. My inspiration for the criminal attire would draw from films such as Heat. My inspiration for the character who has been injured will take inspiration from a less intense version of the Birdman bandages.

Locations:

The trailer will have three major acts. The beginning which will feature a standard setting of their town as they live their day to day lives. The hostage scenes where they are captured after their heist and are forced to work for the other criminals. The final act, which is the main source of the narrative, jumping back and forth between past and present which will be set in a police interrogation room. I can set the beginning act of the film in any standard town. The hostage act will take place in an abandoned building or area, I will take inspiration from films such as John Wick or Reservoir Dogs. For the act of a police interrogation scene, I will take inspiration from True Detective.