Film Storyline by Jamie Sykes

Introduction to Task

 

The task is to create the first 3 minutes of a film including the title sequences. Due to this, I have elaborated the beginning of the film and included more detail.

Beginning

 

The main protagonists of the film are ‘Johnny Demarco’ and ‘Nikolai Kamarov’, they are driving through a fairly busy outer city street in a Green 1969 Mustang GT Fastback, the pride of Nikolai's extensive collection. Nikolai is angry and Demarco looks nervous. Nikolai's car is full of bullet holes and covered in scratches all around the metallic green body, the windows are cracked. The two men are conversing about the failed drug deal and how it happened. As this occurs the audience are seeing flashbacks of the events in small snippets. Each snippet is approximately 10-20 seconds long.
Demarco is stood with several other dark figured men in a wet, murky alley way. At the side of the alley way is Nikolai, parked up in his green muscle car. The trade starts off smoothly but soon turns bad when an immediate whirring of sirens appear from nowhere. Red and blue police lights fill the dark alley way and the men are surrounded. An all-out shoot out begins in the alley way. Demarco jumps into the passenger seat of Nikolai’s car and the two men escape unscathed, barely.
As the car revs up and pulls away from the gunfight the title music starts and the actors names, group logo etc. appear on screen.

Climax

 

Demarco is one of Nikolai’s most reliable and experienced partners. They have worked together for many years, ever since Demarco came to him as a young man in need of extra money and protection.
Demarco is sat in a dimly lit, very basic front room one night. He is preparing individual packages of drugs for Nikolai’s many clients listening to classic 90s hip-hop and singing along. As the track changes, Demarco’s apartment door is busted open and Federal Agents burst in, with nowhere to go Demarco surrenders himself and accepts being caught.
Demarco is imprisoned and the audience see him in distress pacing back and forth. The film moves to an interrogation chamber where Demarco is pushed down into a seat in front of an official looking gentlemen, well dressed and articulate. He is the special agent in charge of the ongoing case surrounding the crime empire surrounding Nikolai. The special agent enlists the help of Demarco in bringing Nikolai down. Demarco refuses at first, and then the special agent brings out a thick, old looking ring binder that extensively details the myriad of charges surrounding Demarco. The special agent promises to make them all disappear, if Demarco helps them out with the final phase of their investigation.

Resolution

 

Having reluctantly agreed to help, Demarco starts feeding information back to the FBI. Progressively, other members of Nikolai’s gang become suspicious and one informs Nikolai of what he believes is happening. Nikolai is very mundane about the whole idea, he cannot believe one of his oldest and best partners is working with the FBI to bring him down. Regardless, Nikolai acts accordingly, he brings Demarco into his beautiful home and sits him down. They discuss business for a while and then Nikolai decides to hint at the idea of rats scurrying around and causing trouble, a metaphor for un-loyal partners running around doing the same. This makes Demarco tense and that is clear from his body language and facial expressions.
Nikolai moves the topic of conversation back to business. He entrusts Demarco with the largest shipment of drugs so far, much to the surprise of the entire gang. Demarco informs the FBI and they decide to move on this tip off.
Demarco is stood with several other dark figured men in a wet, murky alley way. At the side of the alley way is Nikolai, parked up in his green muscle car. The trade starts off smoothly but soon turns bad when an immediate whirring of sirens appear from nowhere, the FBI have arrived. Red and blue police lights fill the dark alley way and the men are surrounded. An all-out shoot out begins in the alley way. Demarco jumps into the passenger seat of Nikolai’s car and the two men escape unscathed, barely.
Nikolai and Demarco drift around the tight and narrow corners of the alleyway and smash through a pile of cardboard boxes and corrugated metal sheets into a public street. Nikolai drives erratically trying to escape from the FBI. Having experience, he is successful. The men pull up by the side of the deserted Los Angeles storm drain, where they climb out of the car and assess the damage. They walk up to the side of the river and talk, Demarco says that he has something he has to admit and before he has chance to start Nikolai has drawn a large revolver and his it aimed at the back of Demarco’s head. Demarco turns around and Nikolai pulls the trigger. Demarco is shot dead and falls half into the river, blood flows out of him and into the river. Nikolai lifts Demarco’s body up, kisses his head and pushes him into the fast flowing water. As the sun sets Nikolai torches the car and walks off into the sunset.