Proposal

Thriller Proposal

Brief

Our target audience was 15-35 year olds therefore we were asked to create a 2 minute opening sequence to our own thriller movie for this age range.

Research findings

In our research we found out that the key to a good thriller is the use of music and sound effects. Most people said that music is what makes the ‘’thrill’’ in the thriller as it creeps in unexpectedly and induldges the audience. Low key lighting is essential as it doesn’t reveal too much as to what is happening and leaves an element of surprise. The genre we have decided on is a horror thriller as we can come up with more advanced and in depth scripts based on our experiances watching horror movies. We also think that they appeal more to our age range and target audience 15- 35 year olds as they will be allowed to view some aspects of violence. For our subject we concentrated on the element of suspicion as we wanted to make our child actress as spooky and twisted as possible. Costume is important as it reveals a lot such as if the girl is wealthy, what era they are living in and the characteristic of the kid. Although we would like out thriller to be a big Hollywood box office film due to our production being set in a British location with unknown British actors we feel that it would be a British independent film.

Initial Ideas

Irfaat

In my idea the overall plot would involve Jack,12 year old boy who is guilt stricken after his younger sister recently passed away. His mother is neglecting him as she assumes it is his fault. Jack claims to see her but no one believes him. Mary (the dead sister) keeps pestering jack to do bad things like their mum or she will be forced to kill him. If he succeeds then he will be rewarded with something in a mysterious box. He tries to tell his mother but she won’t listen so he is left with a terrible decision.

For the opening sequence, we fade up an extreme close-up of bright blue eyes which slowly fade to bright red. The camera tracks backwards revealing an empty house with a boy sitting in a corner covered in blood, a dead woman's body lying lifeless in front of him.  The camera pans down to a photo of a little girl on the floor nearby. It then cuts to a flash back of a close up of the little girl’s feet standing  on the ledge. Voice over of little boys voice saying '' jump Mary , go on you won’t fall and hurt yourself go on , if you do I'll show you what's in my box , just jump'' while camera pans up revealing girl looking worried fade to blackness voice over  of screams then zooms into the moon which then graphic matches to mother's eye. Cut to close up of hands laying down a flower on a gravestone pan up to the name on the gravestone. Cut to medium shot of mum hunched on the floor crying and the ghost of the little girl holding mums shoulder. Cut to little boy standing at the train station with mother. Little girl’s stands on the other platform while people walking past. Boy says to mother '' mom i can see Mary, mom she's pm the other platform'' mother says to boy '' don't be stupid Mary's dead'' medium close up of Mary waving. Train goes past and Mary disappears. Over the shoulder shot of jack in the bathroom looking in the mirror suddenly Mary appears '' you have to do it, look in the box you will find it, go and kill mom'' Mary says '' i can’t, Mary tell me what's going on tell me why you’re doing this'' jack says jack turns around ( eye line match and shot reverse shot while dialogue is going on also following the 180 degree rule.) Mary is gone. extreme close up of box hands opening box  camera pans up revealing the boys worried face then cuts backs to the box slowly opening suddenly the door is opened. The camera quick cuts from door to box being suddenly closed. cut to the word jack engraved on the tree.

Courtney

Overall in the film, the main characters are a mother, father and two children, a girl aged 8 and a boy aged 11. They are on a camping trip in a quaint little forest. It is autumn time and the forest is covered in leaves and becoming more dark and cold each day. They plan to stay there for a long weekend and participate in traditional things like toasting marshmallows on a campfire and going for long walks. After their happy first night they awake in the morning to find their car drowned in the middle of the lake as if somebody has pushed it into there. They think it is another group of young campers trying to pull a prank on them. As they try to use their phones to call out to friends and family they soon find that they have no signal and the only way to get out of the forest is by foot. The camera keeps flashing back and forth from the families dilemma to someone spying on the family from behind the tree’s and they are breathing in a un-humanly way. As night dawns they have to set up their tent as the children are getting tired.  The little girl is spooked by shadows she can see through the tent and the noise of tree’s swishing in the wind. They wake up the next morning to find the girl missing. As they run around the area looking for her the mother comes across her body on the cold damp floor. She is lying face down. The mother runs to her and screams for the little girl to respond as she turns her body around, a half bitten face is revealed. Dripping with blood you wouldn’t even be able to identify that it is the same girl as half her face is missing. Suddenly it dawns on the family that there is something big and evil lurking around the forest.

The opening two minutes of the film will feature a mum and son standing on a quiet motorway with a forest far in the distance. The mum has blood on her face and ripped clothes and the boy looks scrubby and dirty and is grasping onto his mum. They are trying to thumb a lift from passing cars. The camera zooms into their faces and then they become blurred as the forest comes into focus. As the camera zooms right up into the forest a loud pitched scream is heard and the screen goes black. Then we see a family un-loading stuff from the car. Laughter can be heard as there is a MCU of two children rolling down a hill.

Detjona

What I had in mind to do was basically have one character and she would be an alcoholic at 23 who was going through a phase in her life where she would be really alone. What happen are her subconscious acts on her and it’s this little girl from her childhood who speaks to her. Thinking the younger girl actually exists the older girl starts to listen to her as she feels they are friends. 

the first thing we see is a close up of the older girls eye it has to be red and look quite tired to show she is drunk so the audience gets an idea of her alcohol problems. Then we cut to her looking in the mirror and saying 'what do I do?' to herself and the younger girl emerges from the dark behind her saying 'you know what you have to do'. This cuts to a clip of her childhood and the older girl if the young girl now and she are being molested by her step-dad which has now led her to be the person she is. We then cut again to her being in an AA meeting at the age of 23 and she doesn’t really want to be there but she’s been sent there by her mum. So we get a close up of her face introducing herself to the group. We then cut again to a side view of her face and her in a car driving and drinking and the little girl next to her. The young girl keeps saying 'you can do it' making her voice gets faster and louder as the car accelerates. Then the older girl starts to cry and says 'I can’t' as we see flashbacks of her childhood. The scene then finishes with a long shot of the car driving off. Titles roll with crew names.

Marcia

My initial idea involves an overall film plot featuring a 12 year old boy who’s an orphan. He lost his parents when he was 2 so he didn’t have any parental love. He was looked after by his grandparents until he was 5. His grandparents sensed that there was something wrong with him so they put him into a care home. He would always lash out at strangers and get into fights with people a lot older than him. He was quite secluded and kept himself to himself. One day, a woman arrives at the care home to start her new job and he finds out that she used to be in the same care home as Jack until her mother died and she became a bit crazy and demented and had to be put into a mental institute. The boy whose name is Jack becomes really attached to the woman named Jeni. She reveals to him that she had a son but he died stillborn. They both stick to each other and enjoy each other’s company. The only downside is that Jeni still hasn’t gotten rid of the crazy part of her mind and she does everything to keep little Jack safe. Jack on the other hand, doesn’t take too kindly to her wanting to keep him safe and decides to take action.

My idea for the opening sequence is to have Jack staring out of a window in the living room. Behind him the curtains are closed, isolating him. He then steps back slightly, moving the curtain to stare down at the floor. Lying there is a body. Who’s the body on the floor? 

There is then a flashback of Jeni and Jack talking about their personal experience with the loss of their parents; Jeni with her mum and Jack with both his mum and dad. Jeni and Jack are outside in the garden on the swings talking when suddenly Jeni seems visibly shaken, telling Jack that she lost her son and wants to care for Jack like her own. Jack doesn’t like this and screams at her telling her that he already has a mum and doesn’t need another one. Jeni tells him that his mum passed away but he refuses to believe it. He then rushes inside.

Back in real time, we now see Jack stroking long, bloody hair and speaking in a hushed tone, “Yes, mother you were right. I will love you forever.”

He then has a flashback. This time he’s in a classroom and everyone’s drawing pictures of their family but Jack isn’t. He’s drawing a picture of a black house and his mum and dad covered in blood, with coffins all in darkness. His teacher see’s the picture, tries to snatch it off him but he refuses. She then sends him to the head teacher.

Jack then comes out of the flashback and you see a tear streaming down his cheek. He turns towards the body and hugs it saying, “Here you go mummy. You won’t throw my picture away. You’ll cherish it forever just like you cherish me.” He takes out the picture from his pocket and places in the body’s hand, kissing it while he does that.

After that he goes into a third flashback of him being surrounded by children in a birthday party being asked to do a dare after losing a competition. The dare was to see who could pull their own tooth out and because he lost he had to do that dare. He eventually pulls it out to the disgust of the children. The parents after seeing him do this send him home embarrassing him in front of the children. He sees a drip of blood fall from his lip and catches it with his tongue. He starts to laugh and you see a glimmer of evil in his eyes. It’s from that moment that the audience realise that he’s different from other young boys.

Jack comes out of the flashback again and pulls out a tooth from his pocket. He then places it in the body’s mouth saying, “Mommy, I think you’re missing a tooth.” He starts to get angry because the tooth isn’t going in. He starts stabbing the tooth into the body’s gums, screaming and laughing while he’s doing it.

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Film title - shutter Island
Genre - crime/ physiological thriller
Target audience - 16 +

''Shutter island'' is about two marshal's getting sent to an island to find a missing patient at the institute but all goes wrong for one of the marshal as he finds out that all is not what it seems at Shutter Island. Shutter Island has a closed narrative as there is no sequel because you find out what happens at the end. It has a single strand narrative as it concentrates on one story line throughout the film. Also a Non-linear narrative as it jumps from flashbacks to reality, investigative narrative as the marshals are trying to find out where the patient escaped to and a realist narrative as the events that took place could happen in real life. The mode of address in shutter island is very formal as they are Federal Marshal's even though they seem rather friendly to each other they both are well spoken. During the first 5 minutes of the film I did not see any intersexuality.
The themes that showed in the opening sequence were mainly 1) fear as teddy Daniels was scared of water 2) loss as teddy lost his wife and work 3) authority as the Marshal's took their job very seriously. Water was the main motif they used as they begin with the sound of water before you sees anything, they zoom into the ocean and the tap running, Teddy mentions the word water several times when he's talking to himself in the bathroom and when he admits his fear of water. ''It’s just water'' he says '' A lot of water'' and '' I just can’t stomach the water ''. The fact that the other marshal calls Teddy ''boss'' and also says '' you're a legend'' tells the audience that teddy is well known and must be good at his job if everyone knows him also the fact that other Marshal calls him ''boss'' shows that he has higher authority even though Teddy talks to him as an equal which shows that he is a nice and genuine man.
The ideology in the sequence was when Teddy was sea sick most people think that if you have traumatising past experiences with something then it turns out you later on in life will be scared of the thing. The audience assumes that he has had a past experience with water as it really makes him sick that he cannot stand properly.
There were only males in the opening sequence. The two marshal's were represented as smart ''you must be the smartest out you’re bunch if they picked you for this'', tough as he was holding his emotions back when he was talking about his wife ''I'm so sorry''....''Its fine'' and also down to earth as they were joking about and telling each other about their life’s. The older man who looked like the Captain of the ship was rude as he told the marshal's to hurry up getting of the ship. I think that the Captain feels like he knows more about the Island that's why he is mean to the marshal's and also the fact that he has to drive the ship while the marshal's sit back and relax makes him angry as well. In this scene the Marshal's are shown to have more authority over the captain because they are always at the front of the frame and the Captain remains at the back. When they reach the island the authority is reversed as they had to be escorted by police .This shows that they are not trusted in this new environment or maybe it is for their safety. The stereotype of marshal's are sneaky and clever also very serious. The two men break this stereotype as they are very down to earth but also have their jobs as their first priority. The ''star'' of the film is Leonardo Dicaprio. He is the first face you see on camera, there are many close ups of his face and also the camera stays on him longer than the other characters. He is well known for other films like ''titanic'' and ''inception'' other than that he is also a very diverse actor.
The first shot is a long shot of a boat emerging from the distance .This shows that they are at the sea and the scene that we are about to see will have some reference to the boat. There then is a lot of close-up's of Leonardo Dicaprio and what he is doing the use of close up's is very effective as the audience have just been introduced to these characters which gives us a chance to see them close-up. Leonardo dicaprio is the only one in the sequence who has frames by himself all the other actors have to share frames this is because Leo has the main role in the film and by doing that it establishes his role in the film. There is a long establishing shot of the island. This shows how big the island is. Also the fact that it was far away makes it more menacing as it is there and are going towards it and it has two men standing there waiting for them when they arrive which makes the two marshal's nervous and anxious because they have just found out the history of the island.
The first sound you hear is the sound of water which immediately shows that that the sequence will have something to do with water. There are ambient sounds of birds in the background and also the sounds of waves crashing against the boat. Other than that there is Diagetic sound of the boat horn which was enhanced to make it louder this is alarming as it was silent. The music right at the beginning with the credits was a scratchy violin type of sound. This showed that the film was a thriller as the music was unnerving. When they go to a flashback there is incidental music to help the atmosphere of the scene. The music was very sad so it shows that this was a sad memory and part of his life. '' A mental hospital for the criminally insane'' this shows that this is no ordinary mental institute but for the criminally insane which then adds tension and suspicion to the scene it opens a lot of questions in the audience's head like why are the marshal's sent there ? Why is this institute separated from the rest of the world? ''The harbour is the only way in and out of the island''.'' I would appreciate if you would hurry getting off the boat'' these quotes show that the island is a secluded area which is hard to get to also an undesirable place to be.
There were no special effects in the opening sequence.
The beginning credits all faded to black to the next name. This showed it was a thriller because if you watch most thriller trailers all the clips fade to black. All of the transitions were cut from shot to shot this is to show that nothing out of the ordinary has happened yet. There was a flash back when Teddy was talking about to his wife which then cross-cuts to a close-up of the ocean which makes the audience assume that the wife died of drowning or something water related but we soon realise that she died from a fire. There was superimposition at the beginning where it says ''Boston Harbour Island 1954'' which establishes the scene and date as well.
The scene was set on a boat travelling to a deserted island in the middle of a large ocean. The only prop in the sequence were cigarettes which showed that they were both smokers. The handcuff’s hanging from the ship also shows that the ship is no ordinary ships but probably one were prisoners are taken. The marshal was dressed smartly in a suit hat and tie this showed that they were not on vacation but were on business and probably work related. Leo was the only one who was in a shot by himself which showed his importance. All the character's facial expressions were serious and Leo was hunched over to show that he was not feeling well. Lighting was dull and dreary which is convenient as they said there was a storm coming it was also ambient light no artificial light used. All of the characters were wearing dark and dull colours which complemented the mood well as it showed it was a dark depressing time and also gave the idea that the rest of the film will be like this as well.
The two marshal's outfits showed that we were not in the 21'st century as people do not wear that anymore also their accents showed that they were from Boston.
In the first opening five minute's we see two Marshal's on a boat heading towards an Island which we soon find out is a mental institute for the criminally insane. One of the Marshal is hunched over a toilet then splashes water over his face before joining the other marshal. They talk about their life's and find out about each other and what they are getting themselves into before they onboard the ship. We connote that the two marshal's are there for business as they are in uniform and that the marshal hunched over the toilet is being (sea) sick and has to splash water over his face to pull himself together. We connate that they are talking about their lives and introducing each other because they have not met before and to prepare themselves for the long journey they have ahead.
I feel that I have got the preferred reading as I am already captivated by the first 5 minutes and am eagerly waiting. Someone who found it boring would have gotten the oppositional reading.

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The Sixth Sense Opening Sequence

The beginning of the film starts with the opening credits over a black screen. There is eerie music playing in the background, sharp, high pitched violin strokes.  This connotes that this is a spooky film and that it is scary. The font colour is blue giving a sense of coldness as the words fade in and out, adding to the sense of creepiness. As the credits end, the background illuminates as a light bulb slowly brightens to reveal a basement like setting, connoting that something sinister will happen in this scene. The camera then cuts to a figure walking down the stairs, still in darkness. The fact that this particular scene is set in darkness connotes that there’s a spooky atmosphere which adds to the disturbing ambience. The camera is then placed behind the wine cabinet to show a woman taking a wine bottle. Cutting back to a long shot, she shivers, looking around again adding to the creepy feeling.  You can tell that it’s a fancy occasion because of what she’s wearing. She’s wearing a purple dress and has her hair up in a bun.  She then runs back up the stairs leaving the audience alone, making the viewer feel scared, in the basement before cutting to a shot of thank you cards on the shelf.

You can then hear diagetic sound of the door creaking before the camera slowly tilts up to reveal the main character who is Bruce Willis who is carrying a bottle of beer which connotes that they’re celebrating something important because he is also dressed to impress. The camera then pans to show a two shot of both him and his wife who is throwing a jumper to him and they then both exchange some dialogue.  She starts by saying, “It’s getting chilly in here”, before he then says, “That is some fine frame”, before sitting himself down onto the sofa. She then sits down beside him which shows that she is loyal to her husband and would do anything for him. The camera then cuts to show the frame that Bruce Willis was talking about. The frame is brown with a sort of certificate inside. The frame is sitting in an armchair which shows that it means a lot and that it’s quite superior and really important towards his career. His wife then starts to read the words off his award plaque which shows that she’s devoted to him as a traditional housewife. After she’s finished reading his plaque, they share an intimate moment before heading upstairs to their bedroom. This shows that they have a happy and loving relationship.

As they get in the bedroom, which is quite fancy seeing as they are from an upper class because of the plaque and all the wine in the cellar, they start to undress while playing which shows that they are still playful and children at heart. Bruce and his wife then stop to look at shattered glass all over the floor and the broken window which connotes that there was a forced entry and that somebody is still in their house. They both look at each other shocked and in horror because someone has entered their house.  His wife then signals for him to come over to her side saying “Look, look”. The camera then cuts down so the audience can see the shattered glass and broken phone. The camera then tilts up to the window with only the sound of the phones beeping in the background. There is only diagetic sound throughout the film to increase tension and build suspense. A shadow then appears out of the blue into the bathroom and his wife then screams because she’s scared. The fact that it’s dark also makes it more terrifying because she could be intimidated by the dark and seeks help from her husband. As soon as he hears the scream from his wife, Bruce Willis turns around and goes to investigate the creepy shadow. This connotes that he’s very protecting of his wife and he wouldn’t let anything or anyone hurt her. He also feels that it’s his job as man of the house to look after her and protect her from any harm. As he steps towards his bathroom, he’s in close up and the music is now quite creepy and frightening in the background, the quickly cuts to the bathroom door to increase suspension and tension in the audience. The camera starts moving towards the bathroom door as if the audience were looking through Bruce Willis’s eyes.

As the camera gets nearer and nearer, the music increases slightly which makes the audience feel agitated and jumpy. The camera then does a shot reverse shot between the bathroom and Bruce Willis. As the camera then goes back to the bathroom door, it gets nearer until it turns the corner and you can see clothes on the floor and a man standing in just his underwear. This connotes that he’s probably got mental issues and wants something from Bruce Willis. Bruce Willis then says to his wife, “Hannah, don’t move. Don’t make a sound” before the camera goes into a mid close up of the man who’s standing in the bathroom. With Bruce Willis and the man still both in close up, they both exchange some dialogue and Bruce Willis is now trembling instead of acting sturdy. The man then makes his way out of the bathroom and into the bedroom with Bruce Willis’s wife taking in a breath as she sees this semi-naked man emerge from her bathroom. The man is now crying and the three of them engage in dialogue with the music playing in the background.

The music is orchestral music, mainly piano and strings. The music is getting stronger with every sentence exchanged and the camera is doing a shot reverse shot of Bruce Willis and the man who are both in close up. The music has now stopped and Bruce Willis is left talking while the man who is not fully in the bedroom is crying. This shows a contrast between the two men. Bruce Willis is the more fatherly figure trying to stop this young man from breaking into floods of tears and the man who is more child-like and is in need of help. The man then goes back into the bathroom with an angry look set about his face and pulls out a gun which he uses to shoot Bruce Willis before turning the gun on himself which the audience doesn’t see. The scene then ends with Bruce Willis lying in his bed, with his wife crying beside him. This connotes that even though he’s helpless she will always be there for him as a devoted wife should be.

I found this sequence quite suspenseful and intimidating due to the intense diagetic sound used throughout and the dark lighting used in the basement and bedroom. There is a contrast between the settings used as it goes from dark – light- dark. The only light used in the bedroom is the lighting from the bathroom and the only lighting in the basement is from the bulb.

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Marcia Preciosa

Questionnaire

Questionnaires

What is your gender?

Male ||| (3)

Female |||||| (7)

How old are you?

10-15 (0)          

16-20 |||| (4)          

21-30 |||||| (6)         

30+ (0)

How many films do you watch per month?

 1-5 || (2)           

5-10 ||||| (5)        

 10+ ||| (3)

What is your preferred film genre?

Horror | (1)           Adventure (0)        Western (0)

 Sci-fi || (2)          Historical (0)          Comedy (0)

Crime ||| (3)      Romance (0)           War (0)

Thriller ||| (3)       Fairytale (0)          Action | (1)

What certificate films do you watch?

 U ||| (3)        12 | (1)         18 | (1)

PG |||| (4)        15 | (1)                  

Where do you prefer watching a film?

 At home ||||| (5)         

Cinema ||||| (5)

Which sub genre of thriller would you prefer to watch?

Disaster thriller ||| (3)             Psychological thriller || (2)

Crime thriller |||| (4)         Techno-thriller | (1)

Would you prefer children or adults in a thriller?

Children ||| (3)

Adult’s ||||||| (7)

Which do you prefer the most?

Classic thrillers |||| (4)        

Modern day thrillers |||||| (6)

Questionnaires

Questionnaire

1)      Which age range do you fit into?
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24-40            llll
40-60
 60+

2)      What genre do you prefer?
 Horror                
Thriller   lll
 Romance
 Comedy  lll
 Action/Adventure
 Historical  l
 Sci-fi/Fantasy
 Documentary  lll
 Western

3)      What kind of thriller movie do you like?

Philological thriller  lllllll

Sci fi thriller

Horror thriller   l

Crime thriller   ll

Erotic thriller

4)      Where do you watch most of your thrillers?

Internet    ll

Cinema lll

TV     lll

DVD ll

5)      Who do you watch thrillers with?

Friend’s    lll

Family  

Alone      l

Boyfriend/girlfriend   lllllll

6)      What ethnicity are you?

Black    lllll

White   ll

Mixed    ll

Asian    l

American  

Other

7)      Where do you live?

Harrow

Uxbridge    llll

Northolt     l

Pinner      l

Brixton

Wembley

Tottenham

Staines    ll

Ickenham   ll

8)      Do you prefer thrillers from the UK or other?

UK    llll

Asia    llll

Africa

Other   ll

9)      How regularly do you watch thrillers?

Once a week   lll

Once a day    lll

Once a month lll

Never   

Other l

10)  Do you enjoy watching thrillers?

Yes llllllllll

No

Research conclusion

Conclusion

From our genre research and similar text analysis we found out those thrillers all have a specific style. For example, a major feature is eerie music like in ‘’the sixth sense’’ there is eerie music at the beginning to captivate the audience. Another feature is use of low key lighting. Most thrillers are set in the night because the darkness is very secretive and hides elements in the dark most people are scared of the dark because they do not know what is lurking around. Longer takes are used for more tension building scenes whereas quick cuts are used for more quick scenes. In most thrillers mostly all of the cuts fade to black which adds more suspense.

           The best thrillers are crime thrillers which involve murders of some sort. There are always a good and a bad person in the thriller. Someone committing the murders and someone trying to stop them. The top 2 best thrillers in the world are ‘’the god father part l and ll ’’ which both have immense amount of crime. We also found out that the more shocking thrillers are the one who have unexpected murderers or twists at the end.

             We have decided to use little kids in our thriller as they make the thriller scarier. It will be really unexpected as you will expect someone else to do it and not the kid. All thrillers have a conventional good person who tries to save the day mainly a man who is strong and brave and a conventional bad person who is evil, heartless and power hungry.

      The camera angle that is used most in thrillers to bring more suspense and fear to the audience is canted angle it makes the scene seem more surreal as it is tilted to the side.

             In our thriller we have decided that we will put incidental music when to add more tension. We will film it in the dark as it hide’s the scarier things and has the element of surprise when something jumps out. Try and use canted angle when the bad person is on screen to make him/her more feared and a range of jump cuts to surprise and shock the audience.

Reasearch-Forms and conventions

Research

Forms and conventions

Thriller: one that thrills, a sensational or suspenseful book, story, play or a movie.

Most people assume that just because thrillers are meant to thrill people that they have to be scary or horrifying that is not always the case as there are many different types of thrillers.

       Spy thrillers- James Bond

       Conspiracy thrillers- Three days of Condor

       Political thriller – The day of the Jackal

       Crime thriller –Seven

       Legal thriller- The Pelican Brief

       Erotic thriller- In the Cut

       Horror thriller – Saw

       Physiological thriller- Blue Velvet

       Supernatural thriller- The Sixth Sense

       Techno thriller- The Hunt for Red October

‘’Thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. The primary subgenres of thrillers are: mystery, crime and psychological thrillers.’’ Wikipedia

Most thrillers usually have plot twists, red herrings and cliff hangers this is to leave the audience wanting more also it is to shock them as well.

To make a thriller scary the Director uses conventions such as the ones listed below to make the audience think and also bring a feel of panic and suspense.

Quick cuts -eg, from the killer to the victim back to the killer this ads suspense as you are     eager to see what happens next                

Camera angles - canted angles give a spooky effect or a point of view shots to characters shoe’s so that they can emphasise them.

Use of music- the sound of a baby’s nursery rhyme in a dark abandoned house would really scare the audience or the use of silence can add to the intensity of a scene.

Lighting –most thrillers use low key lighting as it adds to the whole scary atmosphere because you are more likely to be afraid of the unknown that’s why most people are afraid of the dark because you don’t know what’s out there.

Use of shadows, mirrors and stairs – these all contribute to the atmosphere of the scene Shadows can be misleading and create an illusion and create an illusion of someone who is not there.

Most thrillers usually have an adult or a monster as the villain but because this is so common people are beginning to get bored and say that this is predictable. (There have been movies with children in it) The thrillers that usually stand out are when the villain’s turns out t be someone/ something unexpected eg.a doll (Chucky) as child (The Omen) or an animal (Black Sheep). Dolls seem so lifeless and because of that it was very shocking to see that a doll can cause murders. They are a part of day to day life people will now begin to fear them which is exactly what a Director wants. Children seem innocent and venerable which is why it is shocking when they are the villain .Also animals are the ones who are meant to be hunted by humans not the other way round which is quiet ironic and makes the thriller more interesting.

Conventions of a thriller

      Hero is at mercy of a villain – which makes the audience think all will end badly

      Cheap surprise- a unexpected action to scare the audience and bring the attention back to the piece

      False ending – to trick the audience and not make the movie predictable

      Things are made personal- giving the audience more reason to hate the villain and to empathise the hero.

       Not showing everything to the audience- this is epically clever as it forces the audience to think about the movie it allows the audience to draw their own conclusion as to what has happened. It leaves  leaving clues like enigma codes helps the audience to come to a conclusion as to what’s going to happen before the ending

Top 10 thrillers of all time

1.      The Godfather(1972)

2.      The Godfather: part II (1974)

3.      Elite Squad 2 (2010)

4.      Inception(2010)

5.      Pulp Fiction(1994)

6.      The Dark Night (2008)

7.      Goodfella’s (1990)

8.      Fight Club(1999)

9.      Rear Window(1954)

10.  Black Swan(2010)