Influences

Before we were given any opportunity to start planning our own thrillers, we first studied in class the techniques used by world class directors, by watching a number of thriller films such as:

• Seven-Directed by David Fincher (1995)
• No Country For Old Men-Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (2007)
• Psycho- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
• Mr Brookes-Directed by Bruce A. Evans (2007)
• Memento- Directed by Christopher Nolan (2000)
• Taking Lives- Directed by DJ Caruso (2004)

Films that influenced my thriller piece:

• American Gangster- Directed by Ridley Scott (2007)
• Blood Diamond- Directed by Edward Zwick (2006)
• The Departed- Directed by Martin Scorsese (2006)

Our storyline was influenced by all three of these films, when planning our thriller piece we would always refer back to these films to see how they portrayed certain aspects and take this and try to follow there techniques, but without copying.
We were mainly influenced by the techniques of Ridley Scott in ‘American Gangster’, his portrayal of gangs really gave us ideas with our piece.