New Fairytale

For homework, I looked through some different fairytales that would be good to change into a film noir film. I was reading through a couple and came across Pinocchio. I think that this fairytale would be interesting to transform into our film as there is a lot happening in the plot and there are many aspects that can be seen as metaphors. For example, the part of the plot where the Fox and the Cat deceive Pinocchio into investing money and then stealing it from him can be translated into the femme fatale luring Pinocchio into a life of crime and promising him a large gain that he doesn't receive.

I talked to the group about my idea and they seemed to like it, so we have decided on this one rather than The Poor Boy in the Grave. We brainstormed some ideas for our new storyline and came up with a general idea:

- The femme fatale (the Fox and the Cat) lures Pinocchio into a life of crime involving gambling and promises he will earn a lot of money doing so
- Playing cards with instructions on them (e.g. Kill for $50,000)
- Pinocchio's father is murdered in the beginning
- Pinocchio's friend (talking cricket) is killed by Pinocchio after he tries to warn him about the dangers of being involved in gambling
- Pinocchio completes a few of the crimes instructed on the cards, however doesn't receive the money that he is owed from them
- It is revealed at the end that the femme fatale was the killer

Since the draft for the design suite is due in less than a week, we have decided that we're going to create our own stories, then for the film task we will be choosing one as a base then merging our ideas to create a new story.