The document provides a plot summary and production details for a crime/thriller short film called "Deception". The plot involves two men, Lucas Stone and Christopher Hardy, who are sent on a mission by their mysterious boss to retrieve merchandise. However, Stone gets distracted by his girlfriend Zhane, and Hardy ends up attacked while waiting alone. It's revealed that Zhane set them up and is working with the boss. The document also discusses influential films, narrative structure, target audiences, character details, and plans for visual style, editing, and posters.

1. DECEPTION
ADUKE, TEVIN, KELSEY AND LU
PAPER PRODUCTIONS

2. GENRE : CRIME/THRILLER - PLOT
•Scene one is the mouth of the boss shown only, whereas the rest of his face is engulfed in the shadows. This will always be the
case.
•He is on the phone to the two main characters Lucas Stone and Christopher Hardy, informing them of a Merchandise exchange he
would like for them to proceed with later that day. He asks that they come to him to collect it.
•in the background we see an ex worker tied up, pleading to with the boss that he has kids and that he needs another chance.
•The boss has no mercy and orders a man holding a rifle to victims head to pull the trigger.
•there is no hesitation, and the trigger is pulled. Emphasising how serious and dangerous the boss is.
•Stone and hardy hear the shot on the other end and pause for a second, staring at each other in fright. They then finish off the
conversation with the boss and proceed with the mission.
•on their way, they have conversations about Stone’s new girlfriend (Teasing about being whipped), and the job.
•we see the atmosphere darken and change drastically when they get to the Boss’s place. “Here we go”
•it Jump cuts to a huge bag being thrown at them and the Boss’s mouth again telling them get to get the job done.
•Stone and hardy walk out with the merchandise and tease each other about who was shaking and wet themselves when they saw
the boss etc
•They plan to meet up at 5 then depart, Hardy walking off with the merchandise whilst Stoney receives a text from his new GF
Zhane to meet now.
•the scene blacks out and cuts to Stone and Zhane. –she complains about how he is late and clearly doesn’t have time for her. He
apologises and puts his arms around her.
•cuts back to Hardy looking at the time and hiding a gun in his trousers. “where is this guy we need to leave now” - (or voice over)
he looks at his phone and begins texting.

3. MORE PLOT …
•jumps back to Stone and Zhane, they are sitting down together .Stone’s phone beeps and a romantic like shot of both Z and S’ hand
on the phone/ touching.
•Stone gives in and lets her take it. She giggles and puts it on silent.
•Cuts back again to Hardy getting impatient. several minutes have clearly passed. He calls and then gets annoyed and grabs the bag
to leave.
•Stone tries to kiss Zhane as he is whipped over her but she says "no, its too early." He sighs and looks around nervously.
•Hardy is at the pick up (alleyway) with the bag on his own looking around sharply. He makes an attempt at one last call then leaves
an abusive voicemail. In the middle of the voice mail he is attacked.
•There’s a fight scene and some shootings but then Hardy is left unconscious.
•The thief in a balaclava who knocks hardy out, takes the bag and runs off looking at his phone ready to make a call.
•Zhane suddenly looks at the time and tells Stoney she was meant to meet a friend at 5, she is late. this clicks in his mind and he
remembers he is late for the pick-up.
•Stone looks at his phone in shock and listens to the voicemail. (Shouting/muffled voices and gunshots.)
•Shot of Hardy passed out (blurry unfocused)
•When Stone gets to the alleyway panting out of breath he runs to Hardy and is also knocked out by someone waiting round the
corner.
•The thief is on the phone to someone in another location saying the job is done and he has everything.
•The guys wake up, tied up and looking at their boss who is yelling. There are guns to their head
.
•Last Shot is of Zhane smiling and walking off with the merchandise bag on the phone. “Thank you boys.”

4. INFLUENCTIAL FILMS FOR OUR SHORT
FILM;
Belly – The film is about Afro-American gang
culture and its affects on a generation of
men. American Gangster – Because in the movie
there is a boss called Frank Lucas who
always results to death when nothing goes as
planned; just like the boss in our movie.
Juice – Because the distracted mind of the
character Bishop creates havoc and chaos,
and is based around betrayal.

5. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE;
FOLLOWING TODOROVS NARRATIVE THEORY WE HAVE THE 3 MAIN STAGES OF
THE ‘DECEPTION’ NARRATIVE ,OUR NARRATIVE WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED –
EQUILIBRIUM ;
Stone and Hardy on the way to do their usual job, the boss being dominating and Stone being
distracted and Hardy being serious about his job.
DISTRUPTION ; Christopher Hardy gets attacked and hit in the head.
NEW EQUILIBRIUM ;Zhane walking off with the merchandise.
THEMES; Betrayal, strength & weakness ,crime and violence

6. PRIMARY MALE TARGET AUDIENCE:
GENDER; Male because the genre has scenes of violence and males
are associated with being rough and masculine
AGE; 16-24 a younger audience would appeal to this film because
of the scenes of violence and it exciting and thrilling
SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUP: E-D would be most likely to be targeted
because the age group is usually in education less likely to have a
job
ETHNICITY: Afro-Caribbean/black British
INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES: gangster, action,
thriller, horror and drama.
METHOD OF FILM CONSUMPTION; Phone , TV ,PC/laptop and
tablet
SHOP IN PLACES SUCH AS; JD, footlocker, foot asylum, North face,
ralph Lauren and BOY.

7. SECONDARY MALE TARGET AUDIENCE:
GENDER; male, because a significantly large amount of men
are more interested in action-thrillers and females.
AGE; 25-33 even though the age is older male generally are
typically interested in crime thriller genre, and as they are
older, they are more likely to prefer a thriller over a action.
SOCIO ECONOMIC GROUP: D-C1
ETHNICITY: non-specific
INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES; Action, thriller
,mystery ,drama and comedy
METHODS OF FILM CONSUMPTION: TV, PC and Phone
SHOPS IN PLACES SUCH AS: North face, Ralph Lauren, Top
man

8. PRIMARY FEMALE TARGET AUDIENCE:
GENDER; female
AGE; 18-24 A younger audience are more attracted to exciting ,fast paced and
dramatic genres because it gives them adrenaline and there age reflects there
lifestyle :energetic which is a trait of the film.
SOCIO ECONOMIC GROUP: E
ETHNICITY: Afro-Caribbean/black British
INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES: Comedy ,Thriller ,Drama ,Action and
Mystery
METHODS OF FILM CONSUMPTION; phone, pc/laptop ,TV and tablet
SHOPS IN PLACES SUCH AS: Topshop ,h&m
,New look and JD

9. SECONDARY FEMALE TARGET
AUDIENCE:
GENDER; female
AGE; 26-34
SOCIO ECONOMIC GROUP: D-C1
ETHNICITY: Non-specific
INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES: Comedy ,Thriller ,Drama and Mystery
METHOD OF FILM CONSUMPTION; TV ,PC and phone
SHOPS IN PLACES SUCH AS: Jane Norman, Dorothy Perkins ,h&m and John Lewis

10. REPRESENTATION
 ETHNIC IDENTITY;
 In our short movie most characters are of afro-Caribbean or non-European background .for
our genre and theme of crime/thriller gangster ,a stereotypical ethnic identity is Italian
American characters. Having black characters they are represented as typical black youths
because they are involved in crime but also challenge their typical ethnic identity because
character Christopher takes his job very seriously representing black ethnic identity as hard
working and determined .
 GENDER REPRESENTATION;
 Through out the short movie there is only one female character and we see her as playful
,sweet and girly fulfilling the ‘traditional’ female gender identity .But when her true identity
is revealed as being a big boss she fragments the typical female identity and is represented
as powerful ,authoritive and corrupt.
 The male gender identity from main characters :Lucas Stone is represented as untypically
oblivious ,infatuated with girls and easily distracted .whereas Chris Hardy is represented as
serious strong and focused ,fulfilling the typical male representation. The Boss of Lucas and
Christopher is represented as dominant ,mysterious and forceful

11. CHARACTERS
• ZHANE: Sexy, manipulative, cunning, ambitious, wears long dark coats, heels or boots, girly
but chic (sheek) style. She is either black or mixed race.
• LUCAS STONEY: Handsome, never on time, adolescent male, sexually driven, show-off,
wears all black and casual formal. He is black
• CHRISTOPHER HARDY: Good looking, determined, good character, punctual, intelligent,
more about his money, wears all black and casual formal. He is black

12. MORE CHARACTERS…
• BOSS: Aggressive, Domineering, short-tempered,
deep voice, wears gold chains and gold watches.
Maybe has grills too. Skin colour/ethnicity, not yet
specified.
• VICTIM: looks like an addict, skinny, looks beaten up,
rough, wrapped up, not wearing a top. (under
assumption that he has been stripped) ethnicity
unspecified
• ZHANE’S SIDE KICK: dumb, well trained in combat,
submissive, wears a balaclava, hoody and tracksuit

13. HOW THE FILM WILL LOOK: MISE-EN-SCENE
 SETTING AND PROPS – This is set on the streets of London; dark setting/midday. Our
scene starts with a murder so we will have guns, there is a victim tied up so we will have rope. We
will have a replica of the goods; maybe something that looks like a drug package.
 COSTUME, MAKEUP –Stone and Hardy will be dressed in casually smart all black
costume. This is because we want them to look sophisticated, furthermore, creating the illusion
that they are trying to look legit, so that they don’t get approached by the police.
The boss (whom we’ll only see the mouth and shoulders of) will have a full grown beard, wear
grills (foil or chewing gum wrappers can be used for this), rings and a lot of jewellery, to
represent his wealth and power. Zhane will have dark long
hair, and a dark Smokey eye look. This can be achieved with eye shadow, to recreate a villainous
look. But seeing as we do not want to completely give away her character at first, a nude pink
lipstick will be used to make her come across as sweet.
 FACIAL EXPRESSION/BODY LANGUAGE – at first Stone and Hardy have a relaxed
body language, playful faces, however when they get to the boss, they show through facial
expression that they are serious and are tense, when they see the dead body at the beginning.
During Stone’s date, he looks in love and oblivious to reality. Hardy who is waiting, looks anxious
and impatient. He is wearing a frown. Zhane will always walk as if she hold power. Whenever she
smiles it will be a smirk, however she will always behave innocently by playing with her hair.
 LIGHTING – We’ve chosen to have a monotonic lighting throughout the film, and we’ll be
filming indoors and out-doors we aim to preserve this type of lighting by filming in the evenings
of winter, where there is a fair amount of light but it’s still dark, and in doors using a low-key high
contrast.

14. EDITING STYLES
• Jump cuts in fighting and shooting scenes. This is to create
tension and make the scene look fast paced making the
audience feel adrenaline
• dissolve edits to establish the change in the time.
• Straight cuts for when the boys are heading together to their
EDITING
boss.
• Fade in/out to represent a character who has lost
consciousness, making the audience restricted in the story
which creates tense atmosphere
• Possibly split screen, to show that Stone is with Zhane,
ignoring his calls, and the Hardy is on his own, waiting for

15. CINEMATOGRAPHY
MEDIUM SHOTS –To show whose talking and to express emotion (reverse shot)
CLOSE UP – To show the significance of objects (e.g. phone put on silent,
merchandise/money and watch)
FOCUS PUSH –To reveal something (e.g. the boss talking and revealing someone tied up)
LONG SHOTS- Establish locations & to represent someone as small and helpless (e.g. Hardy
is watching time pass)
LOW ANGLE SHOT- represent power, strength, superior etc. (e.g. the men beating up Hardy
& boss)
POV- represent running as fast paced, busy and panic
ARC –To reveal Zhane is the traitor and a boss of her own gang

16. HOW ARE FILM WILL SOUND;
 Diegetic sound: Dialogue, cars driving by ,phone ringtone
(contrapuntal music – during the murder a contrasting ringtone
plays).
 Non-diegetic: Gunshots, heart beat , background music (parallel music
– to depict the genre).

17. INFLUENTIAL POSTERS TYPICAL OF
GENRE;
In the thriller and action posters we found
that black and red were the main colours
used. This is because red signifies blood
and rage, where as black connotes death,
darkness, and mystery.
Blue is also used and this represents fear
and loneliness.
Many of the poster had central close up shots of
villainous or heroic characters. This represents
their fearlessness and bravery. They can also be
perceived as targets.

18. For ‘Deception’ we plan on creating a
poster similar to the typical action-thriller
posters, in order to reinforce
tension and appeal to a suspicion
thirsty audience.
Our poster must have the two main
characters, Lucas Stone and
Christopher Hardy holding guns to
show that they are the two main
characters. And either the big boss
or Zhane the poster.
Upon choosing our decision, thought
it may be better to not put the girl in
the poster as the audience would
know that she is very significant.
And we don’t want to give to much
POSTER IDEAS…