Next I researched the thiller/gangster genre by looking at Lucky Number Slevin. Lucky Number Slevin is a 2006 crime thriller written by Jason Smilovic and directed by Paul McGuigan. Set in New York City, the plot focuses on the paths of Slevin Kelevra (Josh Hartnett), Lindsey (Lucy Liu), two feuding crime lords known as The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and The Rabbi (Kingsley), and a mysterious hit man known as Mr. Goodkat (Willis).
The plot takes many unexpected twists and turns before the surprising ending, and this is something we could perhaps use in our film to keep the audience focusing and interested. The complicated plot is key to the events happening during the film, instead of the focus on characters or something different. The use of such a strong plot helps the story to flow and takes the viewer on a journey. If we had a complicated plot in our film this would be a convention of the classic thriller genre, and would demonstrate we have done our market research.
The characters in Lucky Number Slevin are very mysterious; even one character is named Mr. Goodcat. The twists and turns in the plot reveal that some characters are not who you think they are, and though this sounds difficult to follow, it is actually quite easy. If I included this into my film it would demonstrate clear use of the crime, thriller genre, as people are usually revealed to be someone else as the plot thickens.
The use of two rival gangs is another convention of the thriller genre. Our film has already been decided as a crime/ thriller, and the plot will include either one or two gangs that will threaten the main character. Although because we are not using well known actors that could have already played lots of roles as hard gangsters (Vinnie Jones), we are going to have to show representations of masculinity etc in the actors we use for these roles.
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