Research: 3 thriller plots - Pio George

Thriller Ideas

Inspirational Thrillers

- The Dark Knight Rises
- American Psycho
- Taken



Locations

- The park

- School grounds
- School buildings

- Car park

- A street

- House - e.g. a living room e.t.c

- Theater

Example Plot's

- Thriller/Action - The protagonist is trying to accomplish a mission, however during the mission the protagonist faces multiple enemies and has to defeat them or get past them. When the protagonist reaches his/her goal, he/she is quickly under the mercy of the antagonist.

- Thriller/Horror 1 - creating tension - A protagonist is walking along an empty street at midnight. He/she feels a dangerous presence and the protagonist is starts to walk quicker and quicker. All of a sudden the protagonist is running, the protagonist runs into an alleyway and stops running, and turns around and sees nothing. The protagonist turns back around and sees......

- Thriller/Horror 2 - creating tension - A protagonist is in a narrow corridor and hears a noise and starts walking towards a door, as the protagonist is getting closer and closer, the door seems more ominous and dangerous as the noise is becoming louder and louder. The tension is increasing. When he/she reaches the door handle, the sound stops and when the door is opened.....

Example Characters

- Thriller/Action - The character is like a hero, the good guy. The protagonist is a spy, a secret agent fighting for good, to save the world from danger.

- Thriller/Horror 1 - The character is a passer by, feels like he/she is in danger, the protagonist is feeling a dangerous presence and is involved. Then starts to run away.

- Thriller/Horror 2 - The character is in school, most likely a student/teacher/janitor and is in school after hours. The character is walking along a long narrow corridor

Example Costumes

- Thriller/Action - The character is wearing all black clothing, or some type of combat/camouflage clothing, might wear a mask?, has gloves and any type of foot wear.

- Thriller/Horror 1 - The character is wearing a jacket, or a hoodie, has trousers and is wearing trainers

- Thriller/Horror 2 - The character is going to be either a student/teacher/ janitor, so a student will be wearing formal clothing such as a suit and a teacher will be wearing the same. The janitor will be wearing non-formal wear such as a jacket or trousers.




Examples of Thrillers

The Dark Knight

Plot

With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism

Release date:
July 21 2008 (United Kingdom)


Director:
Christopher Nolan

Taken

Plot
Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her

Release date:
September 26 2008 (United Kingdom)

Director:
Pierre Morel

American Psycho

Plot
In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster

Release date:
April 21 200 (United Kingdom)

Director:
Mary Harron