First Ideas

I have been considering several different ideas for my own thriller film opening since the beginning of this project, and have come to the decision that I would like to create a psychological thriller film opening the most. They interest me because they are very disturbing and yet in many ways beautiful, because they deal with inner emotions and conflict. Here are some psychological thriller film trailers (many of which I have discussed before) which inspire me -

BLACK SWAN

SECRET WINDOW

THE WICKER MAN (2006 remake)

THE SIXTH SENSE

SHUTTER ISLAND

To be more specific, I have been incredibly inspired by the film THE LOVELY BONES, which tells the story of a young girl who was murdered. The thing that inspires me most about the film is the fact that the murder isn't the most important part of the film, nor is it the climax; the audience are aware of the fact that she is dead when she opens the film with the sentences - "my name is Salmon, like the fish. First name: Suzie. I was fourteen years old when I was murdered, on December 6th 1973."

My main idea at the moment is to incorporate an idea of intertextuality into my film opening by starting the film off with narrative about a young girl writing about how she died - however, to make it more interesting and different, I was thinking of showing flash backs to her writing it in black and white and coming back to colour, showing another character finding the letter and reading it. This idea at the moment is not very developed and would have to be discussed with my group, however it is a starting point and I am looking forward to developing it further.