Genre Recipe for Thriller Films - Media

1. Mary Berry's Thriller Film Pie
“One of my most favourite genres, the Thriller film. Ahh, reminds me of the
blissful nights I spent in my youth, torturing families and psychologically
damaging my friends.”
Ingredients
- 1 ladle of spooky locations
- 50g of quick cuts
- 1 tablespoon of low key lighting
- 100g of tense dramatic music (alternatively, suspenseful music can be used)
- A cup of psychological storylines
- 75g of continuous editing
- 3 egg cups of dull colouring
- 75g of close-ups
- 200g of stereotypical characters
- Hint of suggestive violence
Method
1. Preheat your camera and editing tools to gas mark thriller and collect all
necessary equipment.
2. Strategically place the stereotypical characters into the spooky locations.
Bring to boil in your audience's minds.
3. Sieve in the tense dramatic music mixed with the low key lighting. Stir until
into a thick creamy mixture.
4. For extra flavour, add a few creepy shadows. If so, fold the mixture, making
sure you get plenty of air-bubble red herrings, to really put your audience off
the scent.
5. Add in the dull colouring and whisk briskly until confusing yet frightening.
6. Stab the mixture while carefully placing in the continuous editing creating
rich, creamy verisimilitude, but being careful not to end up over-doing it and
creating non-continuous.
7. Stir in the close-ups for extra audience effect.
8. Keep stirring while boiling to create a strong film structure, carefully adding in
extra ingredients, such as cliff hangers and plot twists.
9. Pour in the psychological storyline and add a suggestion of violence for extra
spice.
10. Cook for around an hour and a half, leave to strain, then serve with titles.
Ryan Gooderham