Creative Block

         After meeting in class today and having  all class period (90 minutes) to brainstorm and come up with ideas for our project, I've come to the realization that we need to seriously buckle down and get it together. Remember when I said that we wanted to do a social thriller? Yeah, scratch that. We are still set on the thriller genre and we still do want the message or narrative to be deep, however we are all currently having creator's block....if that's even a thing.
        Currently we are considering creating a story about having someone you know, love, and trust ultimately betray you and it is revealed that they are not truly what they were portraying themselves to be. One film that came to mind for me was again, Get Out. In Ge Out Rose was later revealed to be a racist woman who never truly loved Chris and was only using him to sell his soul. Gone Girl is also a great example of a thriller in which the protagonist has been bamboozled by someone they are extremely close to. We had the idea of using a sibling as the "fake person" specifically Kylie's twin sister Taylor, who she has an uncanny resemblance to. By using Kylie and Taylor as the two main characters we felt as though it would be clear to the audience of our film that the two girls are closely related.


        The idea of having a protagonist with major trust issues was also tossed around. Trust issues paired with intense anxiety and hallucinations would make for a chaotic, very interesting piece. The hallucinations would not be made clear to the audience on whether or not the main character is actually seeing real things or whether she is simply hallucinating. The Girl on the Train is a great example of a movie that deals with hallucinations or false perceptions and how it creates suspense and excitement for the audience. The film has been described as "a thriller that explores unsteadiness not just as a state of mind but as a creative value—argues that distortions can be resolved, rock bottom can be pushed off from, people can change."



Sources:
Nicolaou, E. (n.d.). Love "Gone Girl"? Read These Psychological Thrillers Next. Retrieved from https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/07/116126/best-psychological-thriller-books-like-gone-girl

Waldman, K., & Waldman, K. (2016, October 06). Emily Blunt Is a Marvel of Bleary Dishevelment in The Girl on the Train. Retrieved from https://slate.com/culture/2016/10/the-girl-on-the-train-starring-emily-blunt-reviewed.html