- There are many news articles that can be potentially converted into a sequence for a thriller film. Some news articles contain elements of various sub-genres of thriller such as crime, political and psychological. Here are three news articles that I think would make a good opening sequence to a thriller film.
1. Woman’s 911 call for pizza may have saved her life
A former police dispatcher, Keith Weisinger, revealed one of the most powerful and clever 911 calls he ever received — and that tale is now going viral on Reddit.
He first thought the 911 call he received from a woman saying she wanted to order a pizza was prank, but quickly realized it was a clever call for help from a domestic violence victim.
Dispatcher: 911, where is your emergency?
Caller: 123 Main St.
Dispatcher: Ok, what’s going on there?
Caller: I’d like to order a pizza for delivery. (oh great, another prank call).
Dispatcher: Ma’am, you’ve reached 911
Caller: Yeah, I know. Can I have a large with half pepperoni, half mushroom and peppers?
Dispatcher: Ummm…. I’m sorry, you know you’ve called 911 right?
Caller: Yeah, do you know how long it will be?
Dispatcher: Ok, Ma’am, is everything ok over there? do you have an emergency?
Caller: Yes, I do.
Dispatcher: And you can’t talk about it because there’s someone in the room with you? (moment of realization)
Caller: Yes, that’s correct. Do you know how long it will be?
Dispatcher: I have an officer about a mile from your location. Are there any weapons in your house?
Caller: Nope.
Dispatcher: Can you stay on the phone with me?
Caller: Nope. See you soon, thanks.The dispatcher wrote that as officers responded, he checked the address’ history and spotted multiple domestic violence calls.“The officer arrives and finds a couple, female was kind of banged up, and boyfriend was drunk,”. “Officer arrests him after she explains that the boyfriend had been beating her for a while.” The woman’s boyfriend was arrested.
- I think this would make a good sequence to a thriller film as it contain elements of crime thriller with the abusive boyfriend and the 911 call but in a clever way that it would make quite a shocking but intriguing film.
2.Phone-hacking scandal: timeline
How the story developed, from the 2007 conviction of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire to the current eight-month trial.
January 2007
News of the World (NoW) royal editor Clive Goodman and hacker Glenn Mulcaire convicted of phone hacking. Editor Andy Coulson resigns. News International says Goodman is a rogue reporter.
8 July 2009
The Guardian publishes an article claiming hacking was more widespread on NoW.
1 September 2010
The New York Times implicates former editor Andy Coulson, citing the now-deceased former NoW reporter Sean Hoare.
21 January 2011
Andy Coulson resigns as David Cameron's spin doctor, blaming coverage of phone hacking. Five days later, Operation Weeting, the Met police investigation into phone hacking, launches.
April 2011
Three reporters on the News of the World are arrested: Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup. Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, is on holiday in the Caribbean and is advised by colleagues that she too could face arrest.
4 July 2011
The Guardian publishes an article online claiming Milly Dowler's phone was hacked.
7 July 2011
The Met police says there are a possible 4,000 targets of hacking. James Murdoch announces the News of the World is to close.
10 July 2011
The News of the World publishes its final edition after 168 years.
15 July
Brooks resigns. Les Hinton, her predecessor, now in New York running Dow Jones, follows hours later.
16 July
Rupert Murdoch apologises in full-page adverts, saying: "We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred".
17 July
Brooks arrested in relation to phone hacking.
19 July
Rupert Murdoch tells a House of Commons committee that appearing before it is "the most humble day of my life".
27 October 2013
The phone-hacking trial of Brooks, Coulson and six others begins.
- I think this could also make a good thriller sequence as it has crime and political thriller elements however it could also contain psychological aspects if the concept was changed slightly to portray the phone hackers installing a deadly bug into peoples phones all over the world and gradually it's affecting the population of the world and tormenting them.
3.Missing Malaysia plane MH370: What we know
Almost six months on, mystery continues to surround the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March.
Investigators carrying out the search are now focusing on a refined area covering 60,000 sq km 1,800km (1,100 miles) off the west coast of Australia.
- This could make a good opening sequence to a thriller and it contains mystery,tension and shock about how this plane could possibly go missing, if it will ever be found and what happened to all the people.These things are all key aspects of thriller films however I would have to come up with different ways of to film the story line as it is something quite difficult to film.
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