GSAS 2961: Advanced Concept For A Game Based On Three Different Films

This is the final assignment for Films Every Game Designer Should See, and it's a large one. Please read the following carefully so that you are clear about what is needed.
It is also a small team project -- exactly three people. You can have a team of two people or go solo if you want, but three is the maximum.
The idea is for you to come up with a high-level concept for a game that draws on what you have taken away from this course. Based on the distribution of students in this course, ideally there will be one GSAS major and two non-GSAS majors on each time. There aren't quite enough GSAS students to go around, so some of the teams won't have one.
I'm not looking for a full-bore Concept Document, but a somewhat simpler statement, four to five double-spaced pages describing a carefully thought out game idea.
On the first day of class, I emphasized that we weren't going to try to examine films as a matter of "Film Blah Blah Blah can be turned into Game Blah Blah Blah." That is too simple and obvious. Instead we wanted to look at films with an eye toward expanding our "vision" (in both literal and figurative senses).
So, reflect back on the class, review the slides and your notes, and -- most of all -- refresh your memory about the films you want to draw from for this assignment. You will definitely need to do some additional research for this, and for that I suggest these two useful sites:

www(dot)imdb(dot)com
tvtropes.org

There is also no shortage of fan sites, film review and criticism sites and YouTube channels that you can view to get more background. There are also decent channels like CineFix and Every Frame a Painting that has film material that is reasonably well-informed. There are many others.
Now, the details. Looking back on all you've seen, and adding to that your prior knowledge of movies and pop culture, isolate at least three "tropes" or "themes" or "elements" or however you want to think of them, and use them as the basis for your game idea. For example, the possibly totalitarian future hinted at in The Day The Earth Stood Still could be combined with the time travel elements in Time Bandits and those could be combined with the idea of assassins from any number of crime movies (or Assassins Creed) to come up with something like this:
A band of time traveling assassins (but they are good guys) travel through time and space looking for occasions when a society is about to tip into some sort of totalitarian -ism (Fascism, communism, Nazism, etc.). When they arrive, they need to do some investigation and stealthy things (L.A. Confidential) to get close to the would-be dictator and take him out. E.g., they go to the beer hall event (the "putsch") that helped bring Hitler to power and they assassinate him quietly (quietly by poisoning his beer, getting into a knife fight, whatever). Maybe he's protected by a bunch of thugs that have to be taken out first (Kill Bill, Vol. 1).
Your concept will be rather different, of course. Also, the actual statement of your concept should take on the order of a page or two. And definitely get into more detail than I just did above.
The remainder of the paper is where you discuss the many influences (minimum three, from the films in this class and/or your own prior knowledge) that brought you to your grand idea. In other words, explain how and from where you got your ideas and inspiration. Be specific.
Be sure you know how to get in touch with one another so you can work on this outside of class hours. We won't be able to devote any in-class time for this, unfortunately. When you upload the doc or pdf file to LMS, make sure you've included your names on it. Only one person per team needs to do this. This will be due on a date past our last day of class (Thursday, June 27th) to give you more time to do a good job.