Thriller - Planning

I have been planning my thriller and have decided to complete the my thriller on my own. I have been inspired by many of the thrillers I have done for research, and some elements of it have been passed into my own work. Particularly, The Usual Suspects and Kill Bill Vol 1. During these, we never see the faces of the villains at the start and I wanted to keep this running theme within mine. This would also add to the mystery of the opening sequence.

From inspiration from other sources, I have decided on my title for the film to be called 'The Thieving Magpie'. This is a play on the classical work also called ' The Thieving Magpie' or 'La Gazza Ladra' by Rossini. It is called this because someone has been a thief to the antagonist, like a magpie.

This was also inspired by a TV villain in the BBC programme Sherlock as the song is used whilst one of the villains is stealing the crown jewels. Jim Moriarty, reminded me much of the villains that I saw in thrillers such as Bill in Kill Bil Vol 1 and Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects. They are villains where the characters are never sure where they are and if they'll come after them, but if they do then they are in serious danger and most likely, death. I want to have a dangerous, inescapable villain within my thriller, like the successful ones in the thrillers.

Keyser Soze, Moriarty and Bill all have this factor in common. They are villains who are very dangerous and almost impossible to defeat or catch, as well as not really, truly knowing who they were. Inspired by these sources, the villain in my thriller will be faceless, or rather, their face will not be seen on camera through out the opening sequence to add mystery about the villain.

Brainstorm

I started planning, doing a brainstorm. I started thinking of the narrative. keeping in consideration my questionnaire results. I started to think of possible dialogue from that and locations I could use. I knew that during half-term, I would be visiting the Lake District, so I have an opportunity to film several scenic locations. I also knew of some more local areas that would be suitable to film in once that the trip is over.