Typical gangster plot.

All Crime and Gangster films are developed around their sinister actions of criminals.

They are usually seen operating outside the law, violently and ruthlessly murdering their way through life in order to achieve their goal(s).

Crime stories in this genre often highlight the life of a crime figure or a crime's victim(s). Or they glorify the rise and fall of a particular criminal(s), gang, bank robber, murderer or lawbreakers in personal power struggles or conflict with law and order figures, a competitive colleague, or a rival gang. You can also say that gangster films are almost like a 'celebration of violence' as they get pleasure from acting upon their aggressive and violent behaviour so it is basically glamourising violence.

Headline-grabbing situations, real-life gangsters, or crime reports have often been used in crime films. Gangster/crime films are usually set in large, crowded cities, to provide a view of the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs or streets with lurid neon signs, fast cars, piles of cash, sleazy bars, contraband, seedy living quarters or rooming houses. Exotic locales for crimes often add an element of adventure and wealth. Writers dreamed up appropriate gangland jargon for the tales, such as "tommy guns" or "molls."

Film gangsters are usually materialistic, street-smart, immoral, megalomaniacal, and self-destructive. Rivalry with other criminals in gangster warfare is often a significant plot characteristic. Crime plots also include questions such as how the criminal will be apprehended by police, special agents or lawful authorities, or mysteries such as who stole the valued object or who slaughtered the victim. They rise to power with a tough cruel facade while showing an ambitious desire for success and recognition, but underneath they can express sensitivity and gentleness.

Gangster films are morality tales: Horatio Alger or 'pursuit of the American Dream' success stories turned upside down in which criminals live in an inverted dream world of success and wealth. They often attempt to achieve what is called the 'American Dream'. Traditionally, Americans have sought to realise the American Dream of success, fame and wealth through thrift and hard work, therefore the chance to be the leader of other gangsters would be their 'dream' and in order for them to 'success', they'll need 'power, fame and wealth' and especially 'hard work'. Often from poor immigrant families, gangster characters often fall prey to crime in the pursuit of wealth, status, and material possessions (clothes and cars), because all other "normal" avenues to the top are unavailable to them. Although they are doomed to failure and inevitable death (usually violent and graphic), criminals are sometimes portrayed as the victims of circumstance, because the stories are told from their point of view.

By doing research on typical gangster plots, I can almost use this as a template and use this as some kind of guidance. We will be using a very similar plot in our media project so the audience's expectations will be satisfyingly confirmed.