Storyline

The Thriller's plot.

We now needed to decide on the full plot of the Thriller opening, we discussed different ideas and then decided which had the better story and which would be simple enough to do, becuase we didnt want to have an over complicated storyline to the opening of the film.

We discussed these ideas whilst looking for the actual locations, at school and we would meet after school at each others house to finalise the storylines.

In the end, we decided that this would be the plot.

A vietnam veteran, played by my dad, would be visiting his dead comrade's gravestone in a cemetary, the year in this part of th opening is 1988, he walks along and stares at the grave. This gives a sense of how affected he has been by his friends death.

He then sees a person walking through the graveyard, and he hallucinates it to be himself 20 years before when he was sent to Vietnam. The veteran immediately has a flashback to his time in Vietnam and the day that he lost his friend. 

The flashback  starts with a shot of blood running down some trees, the remains of an american unit ambushed on the same day just before the main characters arrive. Then the main characters boot hits the mud and we see him and his comrade walking through the jungle, not knowing what is in store for them. Nect thing we know, the second soldier is shot by a sniper in the shoulder, sending him flying to the ground badly wounded. The main character then flies to the ground and begins shooting back at the Vietcong sniper.

With the sniper pinned down, he gets up and runs for nearest cover in order to throw a hand grenade at the sniper, which explodes on target and kills them outright. He runs back to his wounded comrade, but as he tries to help more Vietcong begin firing and he turnes and flees from the scene.

The opening then flashes back to the veteran in the graveyard, as he turns and slowly walks away from the gravestone as the credits play...