Thriller Newspaper Articles

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-07-04/timeline-madeleine-mccanns-disappearance-in-2007/ 
 This is a newspaper report displaying a timeline to show the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and what has happened since with the storyline. On a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, Madeleine's family went for dinner, leaving her 3 children in their room alone with no sitter watching them. They claimed they went up every half an hour to check the kids were alright. However, once arrived back to their hotel room after finished dinner, their daughter Madeleine had gone. Since the disappearance, police reports have been made, plentiful searches, tourists claiming they saw her the night she went missing, The McCann parents questioned by the police, book about their story has been released, the review of the missing girl is now an investigation. Madeline has still unfortunately not been found. 

This could be altered and made into an opening of a thriller film. A family of 5 are on holiday in London somewhere for the weekend celebrating a birthday. The night of the fathers birthday they all went out for an early family dinner and then the parents took the kids back to the hotel and put them to bed. They went down to the hotel bar by themselves leaving their children alone in their bedrooms. After celebrating alone, and after a couple of drink they went back up to the rooms. No one is around when they make their way up, its almost silent in the hotel, with some mysterious noises in the background. A child runs out from behind a wall and screams with laughter giving the parents a shock. This all anticipates something bad to happen. Once arrived at the hotel room, they notice the door has been left slightly opened. Finally they realize their little girl has gone, just as the lights in the room flicker, connoting something serious and frightening has happened.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2817691/Monsters-sea-Three-Britain-s-notorious-female-criminals-living-seaside-resort-town.html
 This newspaper article is about 3 of 'Britain's most notorious female criminals' being spotted in the same district. Maxine Carr and Baby p's mum, Tracey Connelly were both spotted in the same town. Kidnapper Karen Mathews has also been spotted in the same sea side resort. Distress and fear has been raised that the tourist destination has been used a dumping ground for ex-criminals. This has caused residents to find it peculiar that all 3 women are living so close together.

This can be made into the opening of a thriller sequence. it can begin with 3 different shots occurring on the screen at the same time of 3 different women committing a different crime and then all being arrested. The title of the film appears which then leads on to a sub heading stating its a century later. The same 3 women are shown to be released from prison, all living in the same, almost deserted, sea side resort. The few local resident seem aware of them when they're noticed on the street and tend to keep their distance. The women seem to act as if they don't know who each other are. It then becomes clear to the audience they in fact do know each other, and they know each other very well. These 3 women have plotted a scheme to make this resort their own; no body else will be living on it apart from them. This could be an unrealistic thriller based on different ideas and schemes they all have and work together to make this plan happen.   

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2817565/Woman-sexually-assaulted-teenagers-wearing-Scream-horror-masks.html
 Finally, this last newspaper article discusses a report of a 22 year old women who was sexually assaulted after being dragged down to the ground by 4 men wearing 'scream' masks and dark clothing on the evening of Halloween. Luckily, the brave women managed to fight them off. She was pushed to the floor which lead her to a state of shock and was extremely distressed.

This could be recreated into a thriller film stealing some ideas from this article. The opening will begin with a women walking down the street after a party slightly drunk in the dark. She gets into a cab which is playing quiet yet spooky music but nothing to suspicious yet. She gets out the cab a few houses away from her own so the driver doesn't know where she lives. She begins walking down the road when a dark figure quickly runs behind her; she hears but doesn't see it so continues walking. The wind increases along with other strange nigh time noises. She walks faster picking up her pace as she gets more anxious. There is a continuation of weird noises which makes her nervous as she is alone so she starts running towards her house when she sees a dark blurry figure walking towards her. She jolts and turns around to go the other way but bumps into someone. When she looks up she sees a person in a 'scream' mask looking down at her.