Genre Research: Honest Thief

 The honest thief is a thriller/drama film about a professional bank robber who agrees to return all the money he stole in exchange for a reduced sentence. But when two FBI agents set him up for murder, he must now go on the run to clear his name and bring them to justice. Like most thrillers and dramas it is a tale of betrayal, anger, and revenge. In our film “Life for life: A losing game”, we plan on incorporating all of those and many more to produce a complete and versatile thriller/ drama. The surrounding element that directly relates to our movie is the revenge and anger from being done wrong by others. The inspiration that we will use for our film is the Mis-en-scene. The costumes and the acting are something we admired and will help us create the film.

The element of betrayal is what I like the most. Betrayal is something almost every individual has experienced and can relate to. Our goal is to make our interesting, breathe taking, and more importantly relatable in some way. No matter if the relationship is small, any kind of relation grants a different type of relationship to the film. This is why betrayal is the element I like the most. Deception coincides with betrayal enhances the elements that the genre portrays. Deceiving a character into believing one thing and doing something completely different are elements that complete the genre. 

Corruption is one element I can say is not apart of our film nor does it appeal to us. The mindset of greed and power is something that we will not be incorporating. If we were to add the plot of corruption it would be too much for the audience to handle. We don’t want our film to be complex but not too simplistic. The film “honest thief” is almost centered around the corruption of two officers, one more dominant into being a money-hungry corrupt police officer. Instead of using the corrupt aspect of the film, we extracted the revengeful mind state of being affected by the corruption of the police officers.