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The document discusses the typical elements and themes found in thriller films. It notes that thrillers usually involve mystery, suspense, tension, violence, and excitement, and feature characters that are vicious, have dark pasts, or twisted minds. Common thriller themes include action, crime, psychological elements, revenge, kidnapping, darkness, terror, and the struggle between good and evil. It also outlines some common thriller sub-genres like action thrillers, psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, and political thrillers, and provides some example films for each.
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A thriller is a genre that aims to thrill or excite the audience through tension, suspense and anticipation. It often involves a villain who presents obstacles for the protagonist to overcome. Key characteristics of thrillers include being fast-paced, generating uncertainty, anxiety, surprise, terror and excitement through plot devices like cliffhangers and misleading information. Common subgenres are psychological thrillers focusing on mental battles and crime thrillers revolving around criminal plots and their detection.
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This document provides an overview of crime thrillers as a film genre. It discusses the history and origins of crime thrillers, tracing influences back to early detective fiction and American gangsters. Key developments in the genre are highlighted from 1903 to present day films. Conventions of the genre are explored, such as common narrative structures, settings, and audience reception. Cultural differences between British and American crime films are examined. Important directors like Hitchcock, Scorsese, and Tarantino are profiled. Finally, typical visual codes and conventions used in crime thrillers, like camera angles, lighting, and music are outlined.
Research
The document discusses what defines a thriller genre, including elements of suspense, action, and resourceful heroes. It then analyzes three specific thriller films - The Bourne Ultimatum, Inception, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - summarizing their plots and identifying narrative conventions used. Finally, it provides definitions for terms like genre, character ethos, and protagonist as well as examples of thriller subgenres and popular thriller films.
MAS Decadence Presentation
This document provides information about Cornucopia Films, Screen Gems, and details for a proposed action film featuring three female ex-government agents. Cornucopia Films is a British production company that has produced several films since 1994 and partners with Screen Gems for film distribution. Screen Gems is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures that distributes various genres of films. The proposed film follows three special agents who break away from a government program to prevent social segregation, and details are provided about each of the three main characters and an opening sequence synopsis.
What is a thriller
The document discusses the thriller genre in film and television. It defines thrillers as works that use suspense, tension, and excitement, stimulating moods like anticipation and anxiety in viewers. Thrillers can be adrenaline-rushing and fast-paced. The genre can be divided into subgenres like psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, and disaster thrillers. Examples of famous films in each subgenre are provided, such as "Seven" for psychological thrillers and "Twister" for disaster thrillers. The goal of thrillers is to keep audiences alert by emphasizing danger to the protagonist and building tension towards a climactic ending.
What is a thriller
The document discusses the thriller genre in film and television. It defines thrillers as works that use suspense, tension, and excitement, stimulating moods like anticipation and anxiety in viewers. Thrillers can be adrenaline-rushing and fast-paced. The genre can be divided into subgenres like psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, and disaster thrillers. Examples of famous films in each subgenre are provided, such as "Seven" for psychological thrillers and "Twister" for disaster thrillers. The goal of thrillers is to keep audiences alert by emphasizing danger to the protagonist and building tension towards a climactic ending.
Horror Genre
The document provides an overview of the horror genre, including what defines horror films, their history and conventions. It distinguishes horror from thriller films, noting horror plays on primal fears through supernatural or disturbing scenes. Key conventions of horror discussed include isolated settings, technical techniques like lighting and camera work, common character archetypes, and themes of good vs evil. The document also examines two horror film posters and their use of visual elements and text to convey horror themes and intrigue audiences.
Typical Characters In Thrillers
The document discusses different subgenres of thriller films, including psychological thrillers. It provides examples of films from the psychological thriller, conspiracy thriller, and crime thriller subgenres. It then defines psychological thrillers as incorporating elements of mystery and drama genres in addition to typical thriller traits. Common character types in psychological thrillers include criminals, stalkers, assassins, victims, inmates, and individuals with dark pasts or psychosis.
Genre research
Thrillers rely on conventions like suspense, crime narratives, and extraordinary events occurring in mundane settings to thrill audiences. Editing techniques like match cuts between two locations are used to build suspense, and the pacing alternates between fast and slow. Soundtracks employ increasing non-diegetic scores and heightened diegetic sounds to convey fear. Mise-en-scene elements like isolation, darkness, and low lighting are employed to create an atmosphere of fear. Psychological thrillers in particular focus on unstable emotions and incorporate elements of mystery, drama, and psychological horror.
Genres, sub-genres & conventions.
The document outlines different genres of thriller, horror, and drama stories. It lists subgenres and common tropes within each genre, such as suspense, tension, medical procedures for thrillers; hauntings, aliens, creepy kids for horror; and gangsters, romances, urban settings for drama genres. Key elements across genres include antagonists, fear, chase sequences, dark themes, intense plots and character development.
Genre research
Thrillers rely on suspense, which is conveyed through elements like sound, editing, mise-en-scene and cinematography. Editing techniques like match cuts between two locations are used to build suspense. Sound, both diegetic and non-diegetic, adds to the suspense with changing music tempos. Mise-en-scene choices like isolation or low lighting create a sense of fear. Psychological thrillers focus on unstable emotions and often include elements of mystery, drama and horror.
Question one evaulation re done
The document discusses the thriller genre and provides details about common elements found in thriller films, literature, and television. Some key aspects of thrillers mentioned include the use of tension, suspense, and excitement to stimulate anticipation and surprise in audiences. Common plot devices involve villains creating obstacles for protagonists to overcome. Technical elements typically used are close-up shots, low-key lighting, ominous music and sound effects, and isolated settings. The inspiration section then describes how these thriller techniques influenced the group's opening sequence project, which combines horror, mystery, and crime elements into a plot about friends encountering a dangerous prankster in the woods.
Evaluation question 1
This document compares the media product created to the thriller films "Red Dragon" and "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" in terms of genre conventions, plot, characters, action, title design, editing techniques, and camera angles. The created media product uses many thriller conventions like low lighting, nonlinear storytelling, close-ups of the killer and their obsession. However, it challenges conventions by featuring a younger killer and focusing on their painting obsession rather than the killings themselves. Overall, the created media product draws from but also distinguishes itself from these thriller films.
Question one evaulation final3
The document provides an overview of the thriller genre and details how the authors of the document were inspired to create an opening sequence that merges the horror, mystery, and crime subgenres of thrillers. Specifically, it discusses how the authors drew from a "clown prank" YouTube clip to develop a plot about friends encountering danger during a prank in the woods. Technical elements like close-ups, music, and sound effects were used to build tension and suspense, as is typical in thrillers. The sequence ends on a plot twist by revealing one character was taken but leaving the fates of the others unknown.
Mediathriiler
A genre is a category of artistic works defined by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. The document discusses several common film genres including action, comedy, horror, thriller, sci-fi, and romance. It also mentions hybrid genres that combine elements of multiple genres, such as rom-com and action comedy. Thrillers specifically use suspense, tension, and excitement as their main conventions and tend to be fast-paced with plot twists and cliffhangers. Common thriller subgenres include psychological thriller, crime thriller, and mystery thriller.
Assignment 4
This document provides an overview of a genre partner project on horror/thriller films. It discusses key elements of the genre like suspense, tension, and fear. Alfred Hitchcock is noted as an influential early director who helped establish conventions with silent films. Examples are given of how the genre has changed over time with improvements in technology, plot development, and title sequences. Horror/thriller films are also described as mixing with other genres like crime and revenge films. Examples from 1932 to 2011 are analyzed in terms of common trailer conventions. The document concludes by reflecting on what has been learned about building suspense and tension as well as effective camera techniques.
Thriller
The document discusses the thriller genre and various subgenres. It provides an overview of common narrative styles in thrillers, including the protagonist facing a problem or danger. Case studies of films like Shutter Island and Silence of the Lambs are examined. Key characteristics of the thriller genre include suspense, plot twists, contrasting protagonist/antagonist characters. Subgenres discussed include action, crime, and psychological thrillers.
Thriller conventions 2015
The document discusses the genre conventions of thriller films. It defines thrillers as films that create intense emotions of apprehension and exhilaration through suspense, tension, and excitement. Thrillers include many subgenres like mystery, crime, psychological thrillers, and political thrillers. They often depict society as dark, corrupt, and dangerous. Common thriller techniques include plot twists, red herrings, cliffhangers, mysteries investigations, crimes, kidnappings, and psychological themes of stalking and mind games. Example thriller films mentioned include Inception, Fight Club, Psycho, and The Silence of the Lambs. Famous thriller directors named include Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, and David Fincher.
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Thriller conventions
- 1. 7TH SEPTEMBER 2011 THRILLER Final Destination series CONVENTIONS Sweeny Todd Silence of the Lambs Sherlock Saw series Holmes Inception Dark Knight Thriller films The Ring Taken Seven Psycho Child's Play Piranha series Black Swan The A-Team
- 2. Typical thriller What makes a thriller? Typical thriller themes characters • Mystery • Vicious • Action • Suspense • Dark past • Crime • Tension • Twisted mind • Psychological • Violence • Distinctive look • Revenge • Sounds • Awkward • Kidnapps • Atmosphere • Mysterious • Darkness • Excitement • Criminals • Haunted • Dramatic • Stalkers • Good vs Evil • Climax • Assassins • Violence • Twists • Innocent victims • Terrorism • Mise - en - Scene • Terrorists • Politics • Heroes and Villans • Mentally disturbed & • Pursuit • Darkness psychotic individuals • Conspiracy • Conventionally • Disillusioned • Romantic triangles 'happy endings' individuals • Murder • Police
- 3. SUB - GENRES: Political thrillers contain: Action thrillers contain: o Government o Conspiracies o Suspense o Power o Conspiracies o Plot revolves around fights Films: A Few Good Men & NCIS Films: Jaws & Kill Bill series Crime thrillers contain: o Emphasise action over psychological Psychological thrillers contain: aspects o Action & Crime o Conflict between main o Killers characters (mental & o Criminals point of view emotional) o Violence o Violent resolutions o Famous director: Alfred Films: 2 Fast 2 Furious and Angels & Demons Hitchcock Films: Psycho & Brothers