Developing ideas further

Developing the idea of taking an image that is depicted as aesthetically pleasing to the eye however it holds another story:

• I thought about having an aesthetic image of a street, with a crowd of people bustling through the street, the movement being slow to signify the crowd of people being endless in the busy town, as the camera moves into the window, showing a misdeed such as gambling. 
• I then developed this further and thought about iconic work that takes place with in a town/cityscape and immediately thought of Edward Hopper with his nighthawks painting. I could use or recreate his work digitally and add a crowd walking by, and slowly zooming into one of the background windows, revealing something happening, such as gambling or escorting. 

Edward Hopper - Nighthawks

I really liked the second idea and thought that I could develop this further by creating my own image as it would be difficult to create the painted style that Hopper is known for. Using this as inspiration, I could have that empty feel to the image with a few people with in a cafe/parlour and as it zooms into the image, we find out that the person behind the till is selling them weapons or drugs. Another idea would be to zoom into one of the background images and we eventually see that the place is filled with gang members, gambling etc.