Logline: A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Our story was heavily inspired by Black Swan. The way the director portrayed a gradual loss of sanity was very interesting. At first you start noticing unusual things but the are not told that it is her mind that is fabricating these things. The director plays on the idea of a split personality especially in the mirror scene. We also want to use similar techniques in out thriller and try to portray the protagonist struggling to stay sane and questioning her identity.
Shutter Island
Logline: A U.S Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.
Director: Martin Scorsese
The film's protagonist, Teddy Daniels, who's apparently a US marshal, turns out to be Andrew Laeddis, a demented killer. This is a perfect example of a psychological thriller as the audience is deceived to the true story line of the film. We are seeing the protagonist the way in which he wants to be seen. It portrays mental illness and psychosis in a way that is intriguing to us - when the plot twist happen in the end you are left shocked and you realise how deluded the character was. We realise at the same time as the character the real truth so we are made to feel the same shock and confusion as him. 
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