EXPLAIN: concept, insp, name origin thx
Today in class we started planning for our coursework (An opening credit following the conventions of the Thriller genre). After turning towards the path of making a crime thriller, I immediately thought of the "Hardboiled Detective" Trope (those people that wear Trench coats).
One of the fears held by many people in our society is experiencing the loss of a loved one. The film's plot is based on a loving father-cop/detective who loses his family through an incident he had no direct involvements in. This will allow the audience to engage more with the film's concept as it is highly relatable.
Since the movie takes place in 2000s Thailand, I then wanted to give it's western origins a twist by adding something very prominent in Thai horror and thriller movies:-The Supernatural. The antagonist would curse the protagonist with Black magic after losing the interrogation. This plot might make the movie sound unrealistic and take away the serious essences of a crime thrillers.
TITLE:
Conventionally, thriller film names are often very minimal consisting of 1-3 words. Although this maybe, the word will bear significance in terms of the film's plot. For Example: Taken is about an ex-CIA agent who's daughter gets kidnapped (or taken). I came up with names such as ALONE (as the protagonist loses his family) and HELPLESS (the irony of having being entitled a role to help society, only to be hindered by it). In the end I went with the title "ALONE" because it focuses more on the plot of my film of a loving father losing his family, eventually having to become alone. From the title, the audience can immediately guess the film's plot. Although, both alone and Helpless sound like horror thriller titles such as "Scream" which can be quite misleading to some.
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