The film Goodfellas has been an influence of ours from the start, the film has continuously helped us make decisions as to our thriller as it’s a film we all like and feel it epitomises Gangster movies. Our costumes are very similar to those in Goodfellas, we also used acting techniques and shots which show who the dominant characters are. For example, the shot of Jack Morris leading Jack Bone towards the gang shows his authority over the timid Jack Bone. The 3 main characters that are played by Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta, are who we based our characters on.
Robert De Niro who is the leader, the ‘Don’, is very similar to the Character played by myself, Jack Norton. The similarities are that they are both the leaders and fellow gang members look up to him and does what he says.
Joe Pesci is the character of whom Jack Morris was based on, he is a character that is established within the Gang but is still below the leader Jack Norton in the ranks. Jack Morris’s harsh facial expressions and attitudes Jack Bone gives the audience an insight to the character. We try to portray Jack Morris as Jack Norton’s right hand man but at the same time inferior to him, therefore Jack plays down his authority by not making dialogue but just giving hand gestures.
Ray Liotta’s character in ways is similar to Jack Bone. He is a character who is trying to get into the gang and therefore appears very nervous. However, the end of our movie holds a twist which makes us think that he is not the character he appears to be.
During the making and writing of our film I think that we took hold of the many stereotypes which surround gangster films. These stereotypes include; gangsters always formally dressed, appear to be wealthy, that women are never involved when the gang gathers and that the ‘Don’ has lower ranked members with him so he can be seen as a feared and respected figure. These stereotypes are visible in our film.
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