Initial Idea's for our Thriller Production

Our initial idea for our film is that we have decided to try and produce an Action Thriller. This is because we want to shoot scenes in a busy atmosphere setting, such as within a city. Therefore, we also want our film to contain a modern style.
We have decided that so far, our main basic idea for the film is that we want to start of with something exciting happening. Therefore we are going to start of with a beginning of a chase scene. For example we will start of with a long shot of a street with jazzy music starting to play, and then suddenly across the screen they’ll be a group of about five guys chasing each other with sounds of gun shots. The music will grow really loud and continue on, then all a sudden the screen will flash back in time to a gathering of men in a deserted park at night time. This will create mystery within the film as it will keep the audience guessing. Within the park scene we’ll start of with a pan shot moving from high angle to low angle of one of the main guys. Then the camera angle will zoom out so we can see all the other guys in the groups. Thriller signifiers will include the men smoking cigars, and props such as guns. Within the meeting park, the jazzy music will grow quieter at points so you can hear some of the dialogue, so it will come apparent to the audience that the men are discussing some sort of drug/business deal, and the whole shot will be made exciting with increasing tension between the guys with them getting angry at each other. Another twist which we might include in the film is that in the gathering, one of the guys phone will ring and the audience learn that it’s his wife. It also becomes clear that the wife thinks her husband is in a normal business meeting at work, and what becomes apparent is hat his wife calls the guy a different name from what all the other men call him. During this part of the thriller introduction the music will stop, then suddenly start up again. This again creates mystery. There will also be flash back shots of the wife sitting at home. Finally, the end will involve the camera shot suddenly going back to same street where the chase began, and we get to see some of the chase between all five men.
Films which have influenced our group are Layer Cake because of the action involved in it. Another film which has influenced us is Mr and Mrs Smith because the two main characters in it are man and wife, and lies and deception are used within the film. We are also gaining ideas about what type of camera shots to use especially from Layer Cake. So we are defiantly trying to achieve making an action thriller, which also has a modern style.
Overall, we are trying to achieve making an exciting beginning of a thriller film which will immediately capture the audience’s attention. We mainly want to explore what type of work goes into producing an action packed film. Hopefully we will be able to achieve this well.