The Godtoddlers

The whole story is Humphrey Bogart, Da Boss is a huge mafia guy in Chicago and as  soon as the movie starts, he dies and his daughter Shirley Temple, Crystal takes the throne of his large Mafia. She takes control of some parks and such. whatever a 7 year old gangster would do. Then the rival gang, with leader Edward G Robinson, Frankie Joyce decided to retire to compete against the competition properly and puts his son Norman Chubby Chaney, Chubs, competes against Crystal. At first, Chubs follows his father footsteps and rules his gang as a mean mobster, but when he found out he was competing against the cute little Crystal. Crystal and Chubs have a friendly get together at the neutral ground, Grant Park, and Crystal changes Chubs for good. Over some time, Crystal and Chubs get in a relationship and the become great friends. Through their relationship, the gangs dissipate and they work together to make chicago a better place.

The genre of this movie is a gangster/comedy mix. We chose this genre because we felt it was unique and original but still would be able to draw a huge audience from a range of people such as factory workers to families. Both genres were increasing in popularity at the time and we felt it was a perfect mix 

We chose Warner bros. As our studio because they specialized in both gangster films and comedies. Another big reason for choosing Warner bros was because the goal of this movie was to be a huge budget blockbuster film and classic hit with an ensemble cast. Among all of the studios, Warner bros were pioneers of a lot of things in film and we felt they were the only studio with the money, personnel, vision, and ambition fit for it.

The reason for choosing Shirley temple and Chubby Chaney as the two main characters were because they were two huge child stars at the time and were both at the tail ends of their careers, making it the perfect opportunity for them to go out with a bang. We also chose Humphrey bogart to star because of he was a big mean looking guy who could perfectly personify a crooked mob boss. Edward G Robinson is also going to star in this film. He was Warner bros go-to-guy for gangster movies and would bring good acting to well rounded cast. We chose to focus on sound and editing because Warner bros specialized in this aspect and we felt that the sound and editing needed to be spot on because of the type of movie we were trying to make. 

With regards to the Hays code, we would be able to get around a lot of the "no's" by just not showing them and focusing more on the childish aspects of the movie. This will make the movie more friendly with all audiences but still be entertaining by revolving around a gangster plot. 

Our poster was in black and white but the movie is going to be in color. We chose to advertise our movie this way because that will really wow the audience once they finally watch it. 

If I had total control I would make the movie more gangster oriented, however that would of been very difficult at the time because of the hays code. The plot seems a little too childish and unrealistic, but the feel good ending will hit home with a lot of the audience.