The document provides a history of the thriller genre, beginning with early silent films in the 1910s that showed weekly thriller-themed scenes. In the 1930s, detective films like "The Thin Man" based on a Dashiell Hammett novel helped establish the genre. Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film "The 39 Steps" set the template for adventure thrillers followed by Bond films. Gritty crime thrillers of the 1970s like "The French Connection" further developed the genre. Modern Hollywood thrillers exemplified by 2004's "The Bourne Supremacy" feature action scenes, car chases, and fights in foreign locations. The document also analyzes thriller movie posters focusing on technical codes like colors
8. -The main image of a hand holding a mobile phone is a relation to the title. The arm and hand look dirty, as if they person has been through a tough time which helps to add to the idea of violence and death.
9. -The phone itself has an imagine of a woman who looks as if she is in pain and suffering. The colours she is Written codes<br />-Title in red again, stands out very clearly from the black background it is very dark and sinister <br />-The serif font has been used for the text, which fits in with the theme of the poster. <br />-The word ‘Stranger’ has a negative connotation which allows the audience to make assumptions about the film already. <br />
![Thriller Research<br />History of thriller <br />The thriller genre was first used in 1911 with the silent film ‘what women suffer’ and then the 1914 series ‘Perils of Pauline’ which showed weekly and one of the first thriller themed motion pictures. In the 1930’s, the period of detectives, there were films like 'The Thin Man' based on the book by Dashiell Hammett that was produced into a TV series and 'Bulldog Drummond'. The next best thriller theme film was Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 ‘The 39 Steps’ the film set the template for adventure thrillers, which the Bond movies would follow. Then came the 70s gritty crime thrillers like ‘The French Connection’, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘The Long Goodbye’, in the work of independent-minded directors like the Coen brothers. But it’s in its glossy, high-concept form that the thriller dominates today. Paul Greengrass’s ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ in 2004, a good example of a modern Hollywood thriller and sets the stereotypical thriller with action scenes, car chases, acrobatic fight sequences and set-piece pursuits in foreign locations.<br />Thriller Poster Analysis<br />-482603175000Technical codes<br />,[object Object],-Close up of face to show emotions <br />Symbolic codes<br />-Setting in the background of fields, gives people an idea of the destination and plot <br />-Main character close up, concentrating with gun, confident - gives the audience a view of the type of character <br />-Man with a gun-danger and action, violence, sets the genre of the film<br />Written codes<br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/thrillerresearch-110118042145-phpapp02/85/thriller-research-1-320.jpg)
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