Research into real life incidents similar to our thriller

More research into real life incidents similar to our thriller:

·Craigslist: Richard Beasley was a Craigslist killer who killed three men he lured with job offers. He was using a secret identity in some sense which is similar to our thriller. Where the man pretends he is part of the FBI to get what he wants.

· Cat-fishing: The phenomenon of internet scammers who fake online identities and entire social circles to trick people into romantic relationships. By creating false profiles on social networking sites, these predators trick people into thinking that they are someone else entirely. They steal names and photos from other people online, often containing the experiences, friends, resumes and job titles that they wish were their own, providing a complete window into how these scammers want the world to see them. Sometimes the fake profile are only made in order for them to make someone ‘fall in love’ with them, so that they can use them to pay their rent, buy them new phones and pay their bills. Similarly to our thriller, we have constructed a characters buried so deeply under their façade, in order for him to hurt people to get what he wants.

· Peter’s story: Peter had his briefcase containing his wallet and chequebook stolen when he was shopping one day in Melbourne’s CBD. His wallet contained his driver’s licence, credit cards and Medicare card. He reported the theft to police and advised his bank immediately of the loss of his cards and chequebook. Two days later, his briefcase was found abandoned in the city with his papers and empty wallet but the cards and chequebook had gone. Peter thought nothing about it until two weeks later when he got a phone call from an electrical store saying that a cheque that he used to buy a coffee machine recently had bounced and he needed to transfer money to the store. Peter explained that his chequebook had been stolen and that thieves must have used one of his cheques. The shop person didn’t believe him and said he would give him two days to provide the money or he would turn the matter over to debt collectors. Over the next 12 months, Peter was phoned, written to and harassed by numerous people, either from shops or from debt collection agencies. This relates to our thriller in some sense because a man commits a crime, just to get hold of valuable objects, and also cause harm and distress to the victims. Who knows this man could do this to many more people, just like Peter; similar to our ‘villain’ we have created.

From this information we have discovered that our film has more of a basis in reality than we initially thought. However, in order to make it totally believable the mise-en-scene will have to be perfect therefore we will be using a suburban location that is not too dissimilar to films like The Long Kiss Goodnight and Intruders. This adds to the verisimilitude of the scene as we want to make the audience know that they are watching a believable thriller. The key to this is to build up suspense by making the film world believable and reach our target audience of 15 plus. We think that the majority of our audience will be over 25 as it is a low budget British film like Kill List and Sightseers.