Ideas For Thriller

Ideas For Thrillers

I wanted to incorporate some features in my media, which may not be typical to the thriller genre but do show the audience the emotions and feelings of the characters, most of which, I collected features from various other films, even if they have not been classed in the genre of thriller I still liked several techniques in the films.

One of the ideas I enjoyed was the representation of the feeling of being drugged up in Baz Lurhmann’s “Romeo and Juliet”. In this he shows the obvious acting of it but incorporates the characters feeling of disorientation and confusion through a series of changing locations and the music accentuates his confusion, through having several music tracks mashed up together. This is something I hope to incorporate in my opening to a thriller. The rapid change in locations whilst the lead character is on drugs, also I feel that music can establish a mood so instead of using it to confuse the viewer I want to it to set the tone for later events. Another aspect I think works for the representation of drug use is the bright colours and changing the saturation rates in the drug sequence to make the colours vivid.

One other method used in a variety of films is the Vertigo shot. It originally was used in Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Vertigo” to portray dizziness. It involves pulling the camera out as you zoom in on the main focus of the screen; causing the background to distort but the main focus to stay the same. I feel that trying to incorporate this shot will successfully show the feeling of the character after taking the drugs. However, it is rather difficult to establish and get to a good standard, so I don’t know whether it will be possible or not.

For the idea of titles and when the credits have appeared since the main focus of the film centres around drugs, I may incorporate something similar as to seen in cult teen drama “Skins”, of a series of close ups on alcohol and drugs for the actual opening credits.

Finally, I liked the idea used in many thrillers to have the ending at the beginning. Not only does this allow something to actually happen in the opening but creates a sense of confusion.

This gives several examples from films of vertigo shots and there different uses.

Overall, I want to begin to establish the main character, her situation and the life that she has chosen to indulge in.