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Thriller

Tuesday 4th November 2014

Thriller definition:

     A style of film, often based on horror, where it uses tension suspense and excitement. Sub-genres include conspiracy thriller, where the protagonist deals with lots of antagonists, crime thriller, where there is often a gory and/or fatal crime, and psychological thriller, where the characters battle is mental or emotional rather than physical.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    The target audience for thriller is 15- 19 year olds. However, due to the  wide range of sub genres the target audience can be lower or higher than this. The purpose of this genre is primarily to scare or shock the watcher. This is created by the tension and suspense in the music, plot, editing.

 

 

 

     Famous thriller Directors

 

 

 

Here is my analysis of some thriller openings:

' The number 23' is a psychological thriller. The main character (Jim Carey) buys a book about the number 23, and he then starts to find lots of coincidences that make 23 in his own life, making him more and more paranoid. 

Se7en is a psychological crime thriller, about 2 detectives (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) who are tracking down a murderer, who is killing according to the seven deadly sins, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath, Pride and Lust. 

Monday 10th November 2014

Name: Stanley Kubrick

 

     Worked from 1951- 1999

 

Famous for:

     The Shining & 

A Clockwork Orange

 

 

in the Shining, Kubrick used the new Steadicam for scenes where a conventional camera would have been impractical.

 

Name: Alfred Hitcock

(nicknamed 'the Master

Of Suspense')

 

famous for: Psycho, Vertigo,

 the 39 Steps, Dial M of Murder

 

 

Psycho

  • released in 1960

  • Grossed $32,000,000 in the USA

  • Grossed $50,000,000 worldwide. Its it the highest grossing black and white film.

 

 

cast:

Anthony Perkins

Janet Leigh

Vera Miles

Jemma Cotterell Media Studies

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