What is a Thriller film? Thrillers are a genre of film, literature and television programming that makes the viewer feel tension, suspense and excitement as its main elements for this. Also they can make the viewer think alot more unlike in a comedy which is easy to follow with a simple setup with its three part narrative, its opening to introduce, in most cases the disturbance of equillibrum and finally the narrative resolution, a Thriller can makes the viewer watch due to the twists and turns throughout often causing confusion. This makes them gripping and you can rate the success on how gripping and tense the film can become through certain events.
What does a Thriller have to achieve? A thriller film has to heavily stimulate the viewers with high levels of anticipation, uncertainty, tension, suspense and excitement. It is more complex than most film genres because it has many sub genres and many elements it has to meet to become successful.
How has the genre developed historically? One of the earlier Thrillers was directed by Alfred Hitchcock called 'The Lodger' which shaped the modern Thriller genre we see today. this film created suspense where the plot was about 'Jack the Ripper' story.
The most well known Thrillers stick to the basics created by Hitchcock these include:
The Dark Knight (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5U8suTUw0
Pulp Fiction (1994) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHVU3fKhsjI
These films are thrillers but arte different sub genres, these examples show the different ends of Thriller genre. From sci-fi romance to action. This also allows the viewer to watch any type of Thriller which caters for all viewers needs.
What are the conventions of the genre? The conventions of a Thriller are: Tension, confusion,excitement, anticipation. The settings are usually irregular to everyday life or rundown areas. Also there can be common themes and sub genres such as comedy 'horror thriller' and science fiction thrillers to name a few. Thrillers have to contain these but not all because depending on the genre you cant always use tension. But even an Action Thriller like 'Con Air' doesn't contain all these elements for example confusion isn't created because it is extremely straight forward and viewer friendly but it does have excitement this is why it is categorisied as a Thriller but necassarily a thorough breed Thriller it is more of a mixed breed.
Sub genres of Thriller films:
Sci-fi Thriller- Adjustment Bureau-
Action thriller- Watchmen-
Psychological thriller- The silence of the lambs-
Crime thriller- Taken-
Horror thriller- Apollo 18-
Drama thriller- Goodfellas-
Mystery thriller- The Prestige-
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