Influences

The Rorschach character from Watchmen was influential to the antagonists in our thriller as he poses an enigma with his mask, as the audience is not aware of his identity. The ink blot like mask influenced us to use ink blots in the psychiatrist's test (a part of our thriller), so this is in direct reference to him.

To be specific to our thriller it was primarily based around the scene in the Watchmen graphic novel where Rorschach is taken into custody by the police and is unmasked. He undergoes a psychological examination but gives his Psychiatrist nothing on the situation and himself.

Vanilla Sky has been hugely influencial with the use of a mask, the psychological thriller elements and the constant questions posed to the audience. This can be compared to our film clearly.

The film The Strangers also has masked characters that engage the protagonists and the audience in a terrifying atmosphere and their presence creates an enigma throughout the film: Who are they? Why are they here? What do they want? These are questions that The Strangers in our thriller pose.

In our thriller we will have a group of induviduals that will only have destruction as their agenda. This can be related to the film Clockwork Orange with a group of oddly dressed men wearing masks (this can be related to our piece)

Peter McLaughlin