When trying to think of an idea that I could use as my thriller opening. I found that watching others that I liked or have heard were good helped me a lot. My main influence I feel came from the film Batman Begins. I liked how this film made the audience feel sorry for Batman and how they had an emotional connection with him. To begin with I felt that the city scape would be the ideal location for my thriller to be set. This is because I feel that although the city is full of people, there is an unknown about different places in the city which is what I wanted to put forward in my thriller opening.

I also got influence from the film Sin City. I liked the opening to this thriller because the audience didn't know that the male in the black suit would kill the female, it was a total surprise to me and unexpected which is an emotion that I hope to portray when creating my thriller opening. I also liked how creative the titles were, this is something I really want to include in my opening because I would like my opening to be unique.

Clothing and props

When watching both of these films I noticed that the protagonist would be dressed in dark clothing either smart or casual and the antagonist would wear innocent clothing, white or flowered pattered clothing. Because of this, I feel that the characters in my thriller opening should be dressed in clothing that fit in with the common conventions.  I also noticed the little things that a character would wear to make him or her seem more realistic. For example a ring or a police badge. Because of this I would like to include items like a watch or a necklace in my thriller opening.

Lighting

I am now filming in a church because the security at Peterborough car park say that I am not allowed to film there due to health and safety reasons. This has worked better in my favor because although the city scape would be effective, I would have to film outside and the lighting wouldn't be great outside. The lighting in the church is quite good so the camera would be of better quality than outside. Some of my filming will still be outside though and at night. This is where I will have to pick a suitable location for this scene to take place because it will need to be well lit and clear to the audience what is happening. There will also be issues because one of the characters will be stabbed outside in one of the scenes. This means that because I can’t have a knife or look like I am stabbing someone who is on the floor, I will have to pick another location to film this part of the scene. The place I have chosen in my garage. I have chosen this location because the floor is the same colour and material of the pavement of the street. Because the street is dark, I will have just enough lighting to show clearly that the female (Charley Evans) is being stabbed and not so much that the audience feel that there is a change in location.