Moving Narrative - Development of Idea

While I had my idea for the film for many years now, I was only recently able to ground it for this project. I originally had the idea of making it a TV show as I had a lot of plots for the characters to embark on. Instead, I cut the filler content and simply focused on at least three narratives.

My idea for the 'Slade' universe was to combine a number of genres together starting with the base group. Slade represents gangsters, Drake represents westerns, Scarlett represents spy flicks, Norman represents crime and thriller and two characters not featured in the first ten pages, Lee and his AI ALPHA, represent sci-fi. As the project only required ten pages, I focused on the four to keep it with some level of realism before the film slowly developed into incorporating sci-fi with Lee's introduction. 

For the project, it dawned on me that all of the characters hide behind a facade. For example, Amos displays a sophisticated persona yet hides his brutish dark side while Slade keeps up this idea that he's just a suave, charming thief yet he secretly is on the hunt for his estranged father as well as tracking down the biker gang who betrayed him. He keeps his vengeful side secret. 

The original draft of the script began with Slade and Drake on their latest heist, pulling it off without a hitch. As it felt a bit hectic with another car chase in the next following pages, I changed it to a flashback of their very first heist and how they got out of a tight situation. I also added a bit of a satirical edge, notable when Norman debuts as he is seen putting on sunglasses at night which is making fun of characters who wear their sunglasses all the time which Norman would ironically do. I also added some self awareness with Drake questioning why, with all the people trying to kill them, are they untouchable like many action stars.