Brainstorm: Redundancy

As a group we were given these scenarios to choose from individually, so that we could each produce a brainstorm for a thriller of our own. In total our group should have 4 brainstorms, one for each member.

Here is my brainstorm, I chose to take homage to Taxi Driver and Se7en, as my thriller is a psychological thriller called 'Redundancy'. 

The reasons I chose Taxi Driver as I felt it has a very enticing storyline and the whole concept of being trusted when you are a taxi driver by your customer, made me think that this would be an ideal character for my thriller. Plus, the audience would expect the taxi driver to be trustworthy at first and would be surprised when he turns out to be the murderer of the film. I also chose Se7en as the murders in Se7en are very different to each other and yet they all have something in common, for instance, like John Doe, Luke Corseno is mentally unstable and even though they both give off the impression that they are sane, it is a front.

From this task, I found it easier to understand why the directors of thriller films included certain characters, props and the idea for their film a lot more clearer, as when thinking about the different aspects I wanted to incorporate in my film, I wanted to ensure that the plot would be enticing to the audience, that the story would conclude well and that it was understood. In all, this task has helped me a lot to think about the many different types of thrillers, the genre conventions and why they are used.