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- 1. T H RI L L E R S G E N R E R E S E A R C H B Y P H O E B E G I B S O N
- 2. Thrillers They are filmsthat traditionally create suspense that provokes an audience to feel intense excitement or anticipation. Restlessly pursues a single-minded goal What makes it a Thriller? Cliff hanger Plot with climax Dangerous/po tential deadly situation Menacing moments or mystery Closely related to Horror Si-fi thriller Psychological thriller Action thriller Action thriller
- 3. Conventions of a PsychologicalThriller My Film Opening will be a Psychological Thriller and I’ll included some of these elements Lighting + colour Sound Costume + Make up Setting + Props • Low key lighting create suspense, shadows • black and white colours • Colour/font of the Film title • Colour linking to direct emotion • Starts with slow tempo and relatively quite • Eerie music to create suspense • Beats on specific events or moments • Silence that creates tension or panic • Naturalistic costume to create realistic impression • Lack of make up can make a character seem more natural • Smudged make up can suggest crying • A dark house or alley way • Shadowy/dark spaces • Weapons e.g. knifes, guns • Claustrophobic spaces to create tensions and panic
- 4. Early Thrillers Directed by: CarolMeed Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli Story by: Alexander Korda, Graham Greene Safety Last (1923) Gaslight (1944) The Third Man (1949) Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young Budget: $121,000 Directed by: George Cukor Starring: Ingrid Burgman, Charles Boyer, Angela Lansbury Budget: $2.068 million
- 5. Actors and Directors Director:Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock directed around 60 films throughout his lifetime Thriller Films: • ‘The Lodger’-1926 • ‘Psycho’ -1960 • ‘Vertigo’-1958 • ‘The Birds’-1963 Early: Late: Director: Ridley Scott An English Film director and producer Thriller Films: • ‘Prometheus’-2012 (Fantasy Thriller) • ‘Alien’-1979 (Fantasy Thriller) • ‘Alien Covenant’-2017 (Sci-fi Thriller) • ‘Hannibal’ -2001 (Drama Thriller) Actor: Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE, is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television. Thriller Films: • ‘Red Dragon’-1926 • ‘Hannibal’ -1960 • ‘The Silence of the Lambs’-1958 • ‘The Rite’-1963 Actress: Ingrid Bergman A Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. Thriller Films: • ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’-1941 • ‘Notorious’-1946 • ‘Gaslight’-1944
- 6. HOW HAVE THRILLERSCHANGED OVER TIME? 1950’s and 60’s alien and monster movies were created to take away some of the nations fear during the cold war, by allowing human kind to seem in control. During this era movies such as Godzilla and Them! were produced. Thriller have changed a long with peoples fears: e.g. Psycho (Hithcock, 1960) about a woman wanting to escape her normal life and running into trouble in a motel. Its realistic and could happen to anyone. In the 1930’s based on literature such as Frankenstein and Dracula 1970’s realism was introduced to the genre. More relatable films generated more fright during this time. Films such as the legendary Psycho and Halloween were created. In the 80’s slashers were the most popular such as Nightmare on Elm Street. Also special effects were used more and creating monsters as the villains resulting in films such as An American Werewolf in London and The Thing •1990’s psychological thrillers are introduced and fear of the unknown is used widely. Films such as The Blair Witch Project, which was the first of its kind, introducing a completely unique style.
- 7. Modern ThrillersExamples Memento (2000) AmericanPhycho (2001) The Butterfly effect (2001) Black Swan (2010) Silence of the Lambs (1991)Gone Girl (2014) The Girl On the Train (2014) Shutter Island (2010) Inception (2010) Many Thrillers nowadays have a twist ending that shock audiences. Endings like this have a great effect in Thrillers as they create a lot of anticipation and suspense which make an unexpected ending even more shocking as its different to what the audience were anticipating. e.g. Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000), a tale told backwards, with Guy Pearce as a tattooed man without short-term memory, who hunts down the alleged rapist-killer of his wife.
- 8. B o xO f f i c e... Between 1995 and 2016: Movies Total Box Office 873 $16,841,433,216 Tickets Share 2,552,274,560 8.53%
- 9. Target Audience Thrillers are often 15+ asthey can be gory or scary and may include Psychological issues that a younger audience may not understand. Female audience as the protagonist is female and they may be able to relate Between 15 – 19 as this is the closest range to the protagonist. Between 15+ as it would contain psychological themes and violence People who enjoy a mystery Fans of the horror genre as its very closely related People who enjoy a film you have to think about People who enjoy a film that has a lot of suspence