Saturday 18 September 2010

Thriller Genre

What Is A Thriller?


A Thriller genre is of film that will contain main phases of suspense, tension and excitement. Primary Sub genres of thriller are: mystery, crime and psychological thrillers. After the assassination of U.S.A President John F. Kennedy political and paranoid thrillers were introduced and became very popular.
The Thriller genre atmosphere mainly consists of menace, violent, crime and murder. They also focus on including plot twists, cliff hangers and red herrings. The most famous thriller scene is in Psycho, the murder shower scene. The suspense and mystery when the women's shadow appears behind creates the eerie and tense atmosphere which helps the scene be so famous.









The Thriller genre contains common typical characters such as: Criminals, Stalkers, Assassins, Innocent Victims, Terrorists, Police or any character with a dark mysterious past. All these characters are symbolic of thriller films adding to the atmosphere and creating a dark mysterious
 thriller. Common themes involve: Terrorism, Politics, Conspiracy, Pursuit Romantic triangles. These themes are constantly used throughout thrillers to add suspense and a real thriller plot to the film, which helps involve the audience.

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