The thriller opening that we have constructed is based on a 'British gangster' style thriller. It is about the story of two twin brothers who are follow a gang full of criminals. The gang leader ends up murdering the main character's twin brother because he wasn't following his orders. Then Archie (the main character) starts planning revenge on the murderer.
One of our main influences was 'Essex Boys'. We tried to use the same British gangster sub-genre by following the same forms and conventions. For example, the dull grey weather represents typical Englishness and so we tried to choose a cloudy day to do our outside filming, and I thought it was quite successful. Also both Essex Boys and our thriller film are independent films and I think our use of locations helps to indicate this. Essex boys similarly follows the life of a young male protagonist, and although our film doesn't use voice over to help the audience identify with this character, we still hope to do this by our use of close ups and following panning shots.
In the opening we have created, we have included flashbacks of the time in which Nathan was murdered, to give details of the storyline. This relates to the thriller Momento, which also used this technique. It is a typicall thriller convention and was also included in Casino Royale at the beginning to help give background information to the audience. This is what we hoped to do with our use of flashbacks. Also our use of lighting helps to develop conventions of thriller. The scenes in the garage are fairly dark which is a common technique used to thrillers to create a tense feeling. The garage is also quite a claustrophobic area which again is a convention of thrillers especially Essex Boys again, which uses a car going through a tunnel which also uses limited space, which creates suspense.
The characters in our thriller opening the gang leader/murderer and the two twin brothers. The gang leader is a dangerous threatening character. We used my dad for this character, mostly because he was the most convenient person to use. This was the same case my brother who played both of the twins. We decided for my dad (the murderer and gang leader) to be dressed in jeans, black hoody and black hat. We thought this would help to bring out a criminal type character. My brother Jack, who acts as the main character Archie, and also plays Nathan (his twin brother) in the flashbacks. They also both dress in jeans and hoodies to show how they are also part of the gang.
We also hoped that the props we used add to the forms and conventions of thrillers. Our main prop was what the gang leader used to murder the twin brother. Most thrillers contain guns or another type of weapon. It adds suspension and a sense of danger and we hoped that this prop would help to build up the tension. We used other props such as pens, paper, photographs, and books etc. This was during the planning of the revenge. It helped to represent his organisation and determination of how much he wanted revenge. However, when he pushes everything off the table it conveys how unstable he is.
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