Similar Media Products

While in the pre-production stage of our thriller, we drew inspiration from different media products within the film industry, to help give us ideas regarding which steps to take in our thriller. For example, our ideas were inspired by the claustrophobic nature of films such as 127 Hours and The Descent. 

We drew from the claustrophobic elements such as the arm trapped in the rock in 127 Hours, as we felt that this terrified the audience, while also thrilling them, by encouraging them to want the protagonist to escape.

However, instead of focusing on the escape of our character, we decided that we should show the audience her death, as all the emotion invested in her escape had gone to waste, which demonized the serial killer, as they feel a sense of personal vengeance towards the killer, which creates a more satisfying ending, when he is caught.