The document discusses research conducted by Nicole and the author on successful thriller films to inspire their title sequence. They watched films like The Parent Trap, EvilEnko, and Obsessed. The Parent Trap inspired the camping setting while EvilEnko inspired the theme of pedophilia. Obsessed best encapsulated the theme of trust and the idea that evil can be close without realizing until it's too late. With this research completed, they plan to start storyboarding and filming their title sequence.

1. In order that we know exactly what we want to
do in our title sequence, Nicole and I have been
conducting research on successful thrillers
with themes similar to our idea. So we listed
different films and began to watch, hoping
inspiration would strike…

2. The Parent Trap
This film is not included in the
thriller genre, however, it still
contributed a lot to our film,
and set the ball rolling for
more ideas.
The Parent Trap is set, for a
large part of the film, on a
girls-only camp in the woods.
With the camping idea playing
on my mind already, we let
Camp Walden inspire the props
we planned on using and the
way in which we’d set up our
location to create the
optimum atmosphere;
campfires and tents would be
essential.

3. EvilEnko
To summarise the plot of this
film shortly; a teacher is
dismissed for paedophilic
behaviour, following which he
begins to rape, slash and
subsequently eat children.
Only after killing 55 people, of
which a considerable amount
are women and children, is he
caught and executed.
Much of our inspiration came
from this film, and whilst we
acknowledge that producing
the title sequence to a similar
film is utterly unrealistic, we
took the idea of ‘paedophilia,’
adapting it to our film.

4. Obsessed
Of all the films we watched,
Obsessed, a relatively new film,
encapsulates and therefore inspires
our theme of ‘trust’ best.
In this film, a manager is stalked by
his new temporary co-worker, who,
though she appears to be an
ordinary employee, she is actually a
psychopath. As the two work sideby-side, the manager should have
been able to trust their colleague;
we trust the people we are close to
and spend significant amounts of
time with. Thus this idea called out
to us, as everyone wishes to
distance themselves from evil, but
sometimes it closer than we realise
until it is all but too late, this idea is
truly terrifying and, in our opinion, a
great one to base a thriller on!

5. With these inspiring films, and others, in mind,
we will start storyboarding our title sequence,
and then, let the filming begin…