Research for my script idea
The story is about 2 friends who are asked by their other friend to go and spy on his girlfriend to find out if she is cheating on him or not. While doing this they accidentally take photographs of members of the russian mafia who thinks that they are spies sent to gather information about their plans. The pair get kidnapped along with Nathan's girlfriend who he was on a date with just before the pair were taken.
When they wake up they are in some sort of office building surrounded by armed guards, they learn what has happened and try to explain but they are still sentenced to death. They manage to escape with the help of police and MI6 who had watched the whole situation unfold from the very beginning when they spotted them outside the restaurant taking photos and almost blowing their cover.
Character Analysis
Name - Nathan Cole
Age - 18
Dramatic motivation - Has just been kidnapped and is very worried that he is going to die and desperately wants to escape with his life.
Role in narrative - Main character, very reckless but always tries to keep the situation light hearted even in the darkest situations.
Other information - Fairly clumsy, funny and always likes to enjoy himself in every situation.
Backstory - Has been in a relationship with Lauren for about 3 months so doesn't want to do anything that might ruin things. Has been friends with Greg and Matt since they were kids so is very close to them.
Name - Greg Peters
Age - 18
Dramatic motivation - Nathan's friend and also really doesn't want to die, will try anything in order to save himself
Role in narrative - Is also kidnapped with Nathan and often does stupid things under pressure.
Other information - He is easily bored in situations and doesn't always think things through. he gets more and more frustrated as the situations gets increasingly tense. Hates the fact that nathan is joking and messing around even though they're in real danger.
Backstory - Has been friends with nathan since they were kids and is also friends with Lauren. He was very reluctant to even help matt with his problem in the first place and originally said no.
Name - Lauren Wilson
Age - 18
Dramatic motivation - Is also kidnapped alongside Nathan, Doesn't what is happening and is understandably angry at the fact she has been kidnapped by the russian mafia for a reason that is totally unknown to her.
Role in the narrative - tries to keep things calm while also thinking of a plan of how to escape. Tries to stop the boys from constantly squabbling.
Other information - She is very confident and not afraid to say exactly what she thinks.
Backstory - Hasn't really know nathan for that long and has been with him for about 3 months, she thinks that everything is going very well and doesn't want anything to go wrong.
Name - Victor Zakharov
Age - 22
Dramatic motivation - The head of the organisation. He is the one who orders Nathan, Greg and Lauren to be kidnapped so that he can find out what they know and get rid of them.
Role in narrative - Classic bad guy. (Antagonist)
Other information - Has some sort of facial markings like a scar to make him stand out from the crowd, Smartly dressed.
Backstory - Has just taken control of his father's company and is a very dangerous man that doesn’t like to take risks. He makes sure that he will be successful and he will not allow anyone to get in his way when he is organising his plans.
3 Act Structure
First act - This would briefly establish the characters and relationships giving the audience some idea as to what is happening. This act would end just as the main characters are taken.
Second act - This act would be all about the character trying to get themselves out of the trouble that they have ended up in and trying not to be killed in the process of escaping. This act would end just as the police have helped them to escape
Third act - This act would be about how the police and MI6 knew about what was going on and to show that the ending was relatively happy for the characters.
Hostage situations
A hostage is a person or entity which is held by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against war. However, in contemporary usage, it means someone who is seized by a criminal abductor.
In my films case they have been seized in order to prevent information from spreading or making its way to any government agencies or rivals.
Kidnapping in Film
The films Taken and Taken 2 are probably the best examples of kidnapping and hostage situations in film. The films show what kind of things can happen while being held hostage but also what type of people do things like this. I will use the images that are present in Taken of a wealthy dangerous man to take inspiration for my antagonist. This will be combined with the more classic villains that are seen in things such as James Bond films so that it is more of a stereotypical villain.
Portrayal of criminals in films
Criminals in films are often portrayed as powerful wealthy people who need to be feared and never crossed. In films based around the mafia in specific they are always seen as very well respected people who can decide the fate of others and ensure that their business is kept private. If anyone ever disrespects them or poses a threat to any of their operations then they are often dealt with very quickly and discreetly. This information will help me to understand the train of thought that my antagonist will be going through. To him what he is doing is very necessary as he can not allow any rivals or government forces to discover any weaknesses that his organisation may have, so he has no problem with killing people in order to ensure this doesn't happen.
MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the British intelligence agency which supplies the British Government with foreign intelligence.
The reason that MI6 would be involved within my story is due to the fact that the antagonist is head of the russian mafia and therefore is part of foreign intelligence. MI6 would be monitoring him so that they could determine whether he is a threat to the country and members of the public.
Russian Mafia
In modern times, there are as many as 6,000 different groups, with more than 200 of them having a global reach. Criminals of these various groups are either former prison members, corrupt Communist officials and business leaders, people with ethnic ties, or people from the same region with shared criminal experiences and leaders.
When the USSR collapsed and a free market economy emerged, organized criminal groups began to take over Russia's economy, with many ex-KGB soldiers and veterans of the Afghan war offering their skills to the crime bosses. Gangster summit meetings had taken place in hotels and restaurants 
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