Original Thriller Ideas

Here are my original ideas for a thriller- in order of my favourite ideas-

Hunt

In the film a police officer searching for the intruder to his house, he finds that the intruder was not only the most wanted serial killer in the state, but he is also the most dangerous. Obstacles occur along the way, which prevent him finding the source,  main character dies in end. 

In the first scene we see a officer asleep in his bed. He hears noises coming from the spare room, his daughter is crying. He quickly sits up and grabs a gun, running through the house using a POV shot. He scrambles into his daughters room where he finds his daughter, unharmed. The window is left open with large muddy footsteps on the floor. We pan to his face showing a troubled, worried look. 

The Game

In the film a prostitute is kidnapped from the river side by an unknown river. Nobody listens to her family who repetitively tell the police. Eventually they listen and send out a search party to the area, where little do they know they will be stuck there for a very long time, and they may not make it out alive. 

In the first scene, we see the incident happening down by the river. The prostitute is stumbling down the river side, appeared to be drunk. She passes by some eye witnesses who don’t seem to help her. She falls over and an odd figure comes up to her to help her. We hear a scream and a black out of the camera where the title appears. 

Apollo

In the film a space shuttle has taken off into space,  the space shuttle then loses signal and is lost in the atmosphere. The scientists know that they have enough resources for 3 months to survive. It is then up to the scientists to find them.

In the first scene, we see a non-liner narrative of the astronauts floating in space, presumably dead to the audience but are actually just ill from starvation. This then throw them off the track of the film. It also shows the camera shot as if the camera is floating in space too.

The Chase

In the film a chase between a policeman and a serial killer. He is jailed but manages to escape after many years of planning. 

In the first scene we see running between both the serial killer and the policeman. Camera shots are flicking about, with loud non-diegetic music playing. The music matches the movements where it stops. The serial killer than says ‘ You have lost’ and the camera cuts out. 

This is a brief overview of the ideas and 'Hunt' has been considered to be made for out thriller coursework. 

My group gave me some feedback on what they liked and didn't like about 'Hunt'. 

The positive feedback they gave me included: the use of a POV shot, adhering stereotypes by using a police officer as they are usually seen as 'invincible'. In addition they were a fan of it being set in a house, which leaves ideas open for shooting and building tension as there are many hiding spots and corners in a typical house. However, some negative points of my idea included the fact that the shots I have thought of may be too simple, which can be improved. I have therefore had the idea to use a mix of shots, especially close ups and extreme close ups to create tension by not showing the audience everything that may be visible to the character.