Our Film Plot

The protagonist, Harry, and the antagonist, Charlie, are partners in crime and have an illustrious criminal history. However, things between the close-knit partners turn bad when Harry's wife, Lucy, decides she has had enough of the life of crime, despite all of the wealth it brings with it.

Harry tells Charlie that Lucy insists he leaves the life of crime behind and help build their family. However, Charlie has already planned a heist and it is one of their biggest yet. This leads to a confrontation between the two partners and Harry discovers Charlie is desperate for money and needs to pay off his debts to another crime boss otherwise him and his family's lives are at risk.

Harry still refuses to take part in any heist, which leads to Charlie using his henchmen to kidnap Lucy. Now Harry is now given an ultimatum, do the heist and get his wife back, or continue to refuse and potentially never see his wife again. Harry reluctantly agrees to do the job. Harry and Charlie carry out the heist, meanwhile, Harry is still cautious and tries to locate his wife.

How We'd Show This in our Trailer

There are a few enigmas that we could create within our film. For the ending we could end our film trailer with a cliff hanger by not specifically showing whether Harry actually gets his wife back and whether or not the heist goes successfully. Another enigma we could create within our trailer could be whether Harry actually decides to do the heist in the first place.  

Our storyline/plot will also conform with Todorov's theory of narrative. Todorov's theory argues that narratives always follow a three-part structure of:

Equilibrium (balance) - Disequilibrium (disruption to the equilibrium) - New equilibrium (resolution)