Inspirations post - Miss Miller

Before creating our thriller we need inspirations to guide us, and give us ideas. Inspirations can be used as springboards for ideas we can work around and expand on with our own twists.  Inspirations for our thriller clips can be taken from other thriller films, thriller trailers or even just films in general. Lighting, sounds, scenery etc can all be taken as inspiration from films.

When deciding on my individual narrative, I reflected on thriller films I had previously watched and thought about what ideas I could take from them. The first film that came to mind and inspired me with my underwater scene idea was 'The Orphan'. This film consists of an underwater fight scene betweem a killer and a victim, we included this in our openeing scene as when watching the struggle of the victim whilst getting attacked by the killer, it creates a suspenseful and tense atmosphere and left me feeling on edge. In 'The Orphan' the underwater scene is set in a froken over lake which gives a more dangerous feel to it as there is less chance of escape. However, when filming our opening scene we could not use the same idea due to the dangers, instead we gave the illusion that they are underwater in a lake when really we will be filming in a swimming pool. When creating a film, and there is an underwater or water scene the actors are usually not in the actual place they appear to be, instead they use plastic pools/swimming pools. An example of this is from the film 'Titanic' who used a plastic/paddling pool in the scene of Jack and Rose after the Titanic had sunk. This assisted us in creating our underwater scene as we know it can be pulled off and look realistic if not filmed in the actual lake/sea/river which made us confident in continuing and including the idea.