For our chilling thriller, we have chosen a couple films which featured alone protagonists + danger related thrillers which inspired and most importantly, influenced us through various of different aspects of these productions.
One of our main inspirations is the brilliant film noir, Brick (2005). Much loved by my partner, it incorporates visual and sound techniques that we believe will be very useful for our film. Brick is centred around the life of teenager Brendan trying to discover about the murder of his ex-girlfriend Emily. Much like our plot, it is about this young person discovering dark secrets of their beloved and being dragged in a snowball chain of of events that leads them to uncover the truth. Apart from its unique cinematography and sound score, Brick's opening sequence is also something that influenced us. Its variety of shots and its lengthy shots is what interested us the most, it sets an ambiguous atmosphere for the audience and mystery towards the plot which is always key in a thriller. Its slow opening credits also creates a sense of strange tranquility which is also always present in most thrillers as the 'calm before the storm'. We have chosen to use this particular technique in the opening of our film in order to reveal more about the protagonist, as an ordinary girl who is just about to find out about her less-than-ordinary life.
The second film to influence us is the psychological and supernatural thriller The Forgotten (2004). Although this particular thriller is centred more around supernatural elements of the storyline, what inspired us most about the storyline is the fact that the protagonist is on her own, believing on what everyone else doesn't, leaving her unsure in order she is really right or if she should continue on searching for the truth. The opening of this film also inspired us, although it features firstly a lengthy aerial shot, it is the sound score the shot following that interested us in this opening. The non-degetic sound track played throughout the opening creates a creepy and eery atmosphere even though it is showing an aerial view of the city, already setting an unsettling atmosphere. The next shot however, is the protagonist sitting on a park swing by herself wondering, still with the sound score being played; this is similar to what we want to film as it already displays the protagonist's loneliness as it a key aspect to the entire plot.
And the third film we chose as influence is the crime thriller Eastern Promises (2007). The storyline is centred around the life of a woman accidentally stumbling in the lives of the Russian-mafia in London when she tries to do the right thing, her life is turned upside-down as she wonders whether doing the right thing is the only option for her. However, the opening of this film did not interest us as much, it was the plot as a whole that influenced us. The protagonist of this film also finds truths she better had not found out about as it comprises her safety, much like our protagonist. She also discovers some truths about the Russian mafia mainly about one family, which is again similar to our plot about family secrets and corruption. 
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