After being placed in groups of three , Phil kindly gave us a sheet full of stories and news clips on things that have been coming up in the news over the past year , stories that could be easily turned into a thriller film , he asked us in our groups to select four stories from the list that we liked , the four we chose had to be able to be split into four different sub-genres and all be different from one another. we looked into each story and chose ones that we found would be easily expandable and inspiring .
This gives you an indication on the amount of stories to choose from. We selected
We then began to brainstorm ideas , including a full story line for a thriller , and the opening title sequence which would be around three minutes long.
Crocodile stalking man for two weeks
We chose this as it came across as unique and different , we felt something like this hadn't been done before and could be expanded upon very easily, the storyline could have been placed under many different sub-genres , but we chose this to be an action thriller as it suited the role the best .
Story line
A group of friends are terrorised by a huge crocodile , one of them is lost to it , soon to realise its a giant crocodile that had escaped from a local zoo , English villagers based near rivers are on the hunt to capture the crocodile and claim a bounty for it as it continues to terrorise children swimming in rivers .
Opening title sequence
A group of friends around a camp fire next to the rivers edge , drinking , having fun , a couple plan to go swimming and the girl is suddenly taken from underwater , quickly and suddenly as her drunk boyfriend is clambering into the water , screams of the boyfriend as ripples of a beast go down river.
Man stuck in Andes mountains
This story struck us as being quite interesting and could work as a thriller title sequence , we decided on this as being a psychological thriller .
Story line
Man riding through the Andes mountains gets stuck , and is unable to release himself from a rock crushing him and his bike on top of a mountain , he struggles four a few weeks before he is found and released , rushed to hospital .
Opening title sequence
Very simply a man riding his bike through very dangerous and rocky mountains , a far shot of him bicycling up whilst credits role.
Mission to mars
We thought this story would work well with the conspiracy sub genre heading ,could have come off as unique and different to most thrillers .
Story line
Aoup of people being sent to mars to rely information on the planet , and go back to earth , however they realise other humans have been there and clearly been stranded to die . in the same situation the group have to find a way to return.
Title sequence
Conversation between people at ground control and a man in the ship. They are talking about what the man will do and how this is a very important job. The clip then ends with footage of a ship taking off which is accompanied by a T-Minus count.