2. THE INFORMANT
• The film follows the story of 2 lifelong friends Ronnie and Harry and their endeavor to make
it as big time gangsters. It all starts with the pair growing up on the same road in Islington
neighboring each other. They came from poor backgrounds and this has motivated the
both of them to make a name for themselves and escape from poverty. On their way up a
big time mob boss called Mickey Donoghue decides to take them under his wing and
guides them to becoming big time gangsters. However, Harrys dream is short lasting as he
is busted for drug possession after a drug deal goes down in which the police were on to.
After the police take him in harry is given a choice of either going down and serving prison
time or becoming a police informant and aiding the police in bringing down the mob he has
come to love.
• After a series of events in which members of the mob and their criminal endeavors are
being stopped and busted by the police, the king pin, Mickey Donoghue realises there is a
rat amongst the crew and decides to task Ronnie and Harry, his most trusted men, with the
main objective of finding him.
• As Ronnie begins to investigate into the mob he has no luck in finding the rat or any
potential leads, however he finds out that Harry is the rat after discovering a wire on him in
the men's room of the bar the mob likes to hang out in.
• Ronnie now has a choice to make, he can either side with the mob and tell them the truth
and help kill Harry and bring an end to the persecution of mob members, or he can give
Harry a chance at explaining himself and potentially put the pair of them at risk of being
killed by keeping the information from the others.
3. TRAILER LAYOUT
• The opening scenes will show how the 2 friends grew up together
looking out for each other and their transition from boys to men. We will
take a shot of them as kids walking and then morph it into them walking
as adults to show this.
• We will then see many action scenes consisting of criminal activity and
we will present the characters as being happy during this period as they
are making money and getting off scot free. However the mood will
change as we see harry get arrested and turned into an informant. The
following clips will then proceed to show how the mob are closing in on
the rat and how people are beginning to suspect harry even Ronnie.
• We will see short clips where we hear Ronnie say lines such as ‘you
never can tell about people’ to leave the audience on edge and eager to
find out what happens.
• We will also include a variety of action scenes including shootouts and
violence to show how events could potentially unfold.
