Themes of a Thriller

     ·      Ransoms

     ·      Captives

     ·      Heists 

     ·      Revenge

     ·      Kidnapping

     ·      Investigation

     ·      Mind games

     ·      Stalking

     ·      Confinement/deathtraps

     ·      Obsession

     ·      False accusations

     ·      Paranoia

     ·      Spies

     ·      Assassins

Common order of events:

             ▪   The central main character faces death, or someone else does.

           ▪   The bad character must be more intelligent or stronger than the  main character.

           ▪   The storyline for the main character is either a quest or a character that cannot be put down.

           ▪   The plot focuses on a mystery that must be solved.

           ▪   The film's narrative is told through the main character’s point of view.

           ▪   All action and characters must be realistically represented on screen.

▪   The two major themes that go with the thriller genre are the desire for justice and the morality of individuals.

Summary
After researching the themes of a thriller, it is clear that 'captives', 'kidknapping', 'mind games', 'stalking', 'confinement', and 'obsession' fit our storyline. As for the common order of events in a thriller, our central character faces death, our bad character is more intelligent and stronger than the main character, and all our action and characters will be realistically represented on screen.

The typical elements of a thriller are suitable for the storyline we are intending to create for our opening sequence.