The idea: "Warrior" Gene

Our final idea is a sort of culmination of different aspects expressed in previous ideas; which we produced three of.

Discarded ideas

Idea no.1

 A man who kidnaps women that look like his wife and tortures them because his wife cheated on him. This was his way of venting his deep anger. His wife is the last victim and the police have to catch him before he kills her. This was greatly inspired by the T.V drama Criminal Minds in the way that the plot would revolve heavily around the killer's motives; his reason for killing as it does in the series- hence the title "Criminal minds" It's all about the thought process behind the crime.

Idea no 2 

A man who kidnaps children and kills them. The man then kidnaps John. John’s dad is an ex policeman so he decides to take the case into his hand and try to find his son and kills the kidnapper. This particular concept was inspired by the popular thriller "Taken", in which the concept of kidnap was made all the more interesting because of the history given to the protagonist, and his personal connection to the crime- definitely an aspect worth investigating.

Idea no 3 

A psychological thriller inspired by silence of the lambs: a highly intelligent psychopath of unknown identity loose in a city evading police and threatening innocent people who have done apparently no wrong . His true motive is nothing more than an angry hatred of people who are better off than himself-happier, wealthier and healthier people who never knew why…

 

 

FINAL IDEA

 A psychological thriller based on a kidnap killer(kk), loose in a city and harming innocent people. An ex MI5 agent, who developed an unknown condition while working as an uncover spy for the MI5. He now poses a great threat to the lives of innocent people, intent on taking revenge on the world for the way it treated him. It's time for one M15 agent to take the case into his own hands and to try an capture this dangerous villain- if he can.

The final idea we produced ended up being a sort of culmination of our three initial ideas: for all of these we felt that kidnap may be an interesting theme to explore. The personal aspects of ideas one and two in which the protagonist had some link to the killer (such that in idea two, with the kidnap of the main characters' son)was something which would give depth to the plot and hopefully work to create a more emotive piece, so it seemed logical to replicate this in the final idea. This arrived in the form of the killer belonging to the same organization as the protagonist which means that the threat is not only to the innocent public but to the protagonist: the killer is very likely to know all about them, where they live, who they live with... all of this in the hands of a highly intelligent madman, makes for a story packed with tension and mystery.

The plot centres very heavily the idea that the antagonist is very bitter, and that his life hasn't been all that he had wanted it to be- in general, he is angry and jealous of those who are happier and better off than himself. The idea will also be raised that even before he began to kill, he was a disagreeable person and people tended to provoke him because of this, further motivating his revenge. It is this that gave us the idea for the title "Warrior Gene"- a genetic mutation which causes extreme aggression and violent reaction when provoked. This will be implied casually in some dialogue as a sort of vague suggestion made by a minor character in the midst of listing the reason for the killer's actions.

In terms of character the villain draws heavy influence from Hannibal Lecter from the silence of the lambs: the presentation of Lecter as being close to genius made him seem inhuman and distant- and much more dangerous than the person who he had been "helping" the FBI agent to capture. An intelligent antagonist poses much more of a threat because he is always two steps ahead of the main character. This will work to great effect for creating the sense of mystery surrounding the identity of the killer.

The logic behind having the killer as being an ex-agent is relatively simple: it's a useful plot device that will allow explanations not only for his intelligence and understanding of the MI5 procedure that prevent him from being captured; but will also allow the main character further resources in his hunt for the killer. Aside from this the introduction of a major organization such as this which is traditionally shrouded in mystery and intrigue will compliment the mystery of the killer nicely. This device is very widely used; and has been a staple in nearly all of the thrillers which had the greatest impact on us as viewers.

All in all the idea is typical of the genre, having been heavily inspired by a range of thrillers such as Taken, Silence of the lambs, and Se7en and additionally the t.v drama "Criminal minds."