News and current affairs

One way to get ideas for our film is to look at recent news. This doesn't have to be our story however it can be a starting point for our ideas.

This is an article on the G20 Summit. After reading a few articles we have decided as a group that we want to do a action thriller that will also have an element of politics.

The G-20 Summit: Highlights
By: iStockAnalyst Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:46 PM

The much awaited G-20 summit fell short of being called a qualified success. It fell short of being called a failure.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, host of the Group of 20 summit meeting announced at its conclusion that the leaders had committed to $1.1 trillion in new funds that would greatly increase the capital available to the International Monetary Fund. The goal would be a revival in trade, which is expected to contract this year for the first time in 30 years. But President Obama conceded that there were “no guarantees” that those measures would reverse the biggest global downturn in six decades.


This article is also very interesting:

Windsor firefighters bound for G8 and G20 summits

By Doug Schmidt, The Windsor StarMarch 2010

WINDSOR, Ont. — Hazmat-trained Windsor firefighters will be among those ready to respond to terrorist threats when some of the world's most powerful leaders gather this summer in Ontario's cottage country.
The 36th G8 summit takes place June 25 to 27 at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper playing host to U.S. President Barack Obama, the government heads of Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and other invited leaders. Immediately following that more intimate gathering, Canada plays host in Toronto to this year's larger G20 summit.

I think security will also be a big theme in our inroduction thriller film.