Idea Developments....

Our group has been discussing further about ideas regarding the opening of our thriller; we have since felt that physchological thriller lends itself to too many cliches, unable to accomodate the conventions of this sub-genre whilst being original and unique. Since then, we feel that a 'terrorism' thriller is topical at the moment, an omni-present threat that has touched many lives. Therefore, we believe that this would remain relevant to our audience, whilst still having an adequate amount of threat and intensity, making our thriller equally (if not more so) effective as our initially-proposed physchological thriller. In addition to this, we wanted to include elements of a 'western' thriller, making our opening more of a hybridisation; combing the conventions within a modern-day setting, the idea of an 'internal duel' with a terrorist could be interesting to explore. The battle between religion and family from the perspective of a terrorist could be effective, whilst still intense and engaging. This type of thriller, like 'Homeland', '24' and the 'Bourne' films, are extremely popular and I think this would still be original, yet exciting and the most important ingredient of all: 'thrilling'....