Research

I watched a recent horror thriller called Diary of the Dead. The thing that interested me the most was the way the film was shot. It was incredibly innovative in the way the film was shot, what happened was the film was shot through a hand-held camera but the real twist was that the person filming the film was an actual character who the other characters talked to, he even developed an actual love interest!!
The reason why I think this applies to my film as the pure innovation is inspiring for me to take the courage to do shots that may sound crazy in theory but look incredibly good in the film. If I can apply the innovation of this film to my film then I will be in good stead in terms of grades.
Inside Man is another thriller that I watched and is what I think is the perfect thriller as it confounds the audience and makes the audience think what is going to happen next. The opening consists of the audience hearing a man describe a bank robbery and invites the audience to watch and then we see an efficient gang enter an bank. I liked this opening as it confused me until I realised it was the leader of the gang telling the story. My thriller has to do exactly the same thing as I want to disorient my audience so much that they want to stay and watch the film just to find out what may happen, the television show Lost employs the very same strategy as even the most die-hard followers of the show don't know what is going on. I don't want my opening to be as confusing as Lost but I do want there to be an element of confusion that leaves the audience in a state of perpetual wonderment.