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Thriller films aim to keep audiences on the edge of their seats through anticipation and suspense. The protagonist typically faces a problem, mission, or mystery that threatens their safety or stability. Tension is built throughout the film as the protagonist confronts the antagonist, culminating in a climactic battle to restore order. Successful thrillers employ techniques like low lighting, quick cuts, diegetic sounds, and shifting camera angles to generate suspense and suggest the disruption could happen to viewers as well. Subgenres include action thrillers using physical stunts, crime thrillers focusing on serial killers, psychological thrillers relying on the mind, science fiction thrillers incorporating futuristic themes, and religious thrillers including supernatural religious elements.

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Thriller films aim to keep audiences on the edge of their seats through anticipation and suspense. The protagonist typically faces a problem, mission, or mystery that threatens their safety or stability. Tension is built throughout the film as the protagonist confronts the antagonist, culminating in a climactic battle to restore order. Successful thrillers employ techniques like low lighting, quick cuts, diegetic sounds, and shifting camera angles to generate suspense and suggest the disruption could happen to viewers as well. Subgenres include action thrillers using physical stunts, crime thrillers focusing on serial killers, psychological thrillers relying on the mind, science fiction thrillers incorporating futuristic themes, and religious thrillers including supernatural religious elements.

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Danielle Conneely

Genre Research
Thriller
Thriller is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense. The aim for this is
to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The protagonist in these
films is set against a problem which can be an escape, a mission, or a mystery. It
doesnt really matter what sub-genre it is a thriller film falls into, it will emphasize the
danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on in
the film and leads to a stressful climax. It consists of a battle between the protagonist
character and the antagonist when theres a disruption in the equilibrium. The story
then shows a chain of events which build the tension and the suspense to make the
climax.
The aim of the protagonist is to restore the equilibrium while the antagonist tries to
disrupt it. Conventions of a thriller normally consists of low key lighting to show the
tension, quick cuts to build up the suspense, shadows to help the build-up effect of
suspense, tension music to help the tension, changes in the angle of shots to show
the protagonist and the antagonist, use of diegetic sounds to show the characters
sounds and different montage of shots to show the build-up of the suspense and to
create the disruption. In thrillers the scenes will be designed so the audience think
that it can happen to them which make them on edge and feel scared about whats
going to happen.
There will be many close ups and extreme close ups of the protagonist to show their
emotions and the focus on the narrative, the shots of the antagonist character will be
quick to hide the identity from the audience to help the suspense. For example, there
could be a low key shot, shot of the back of him and the shadow of the character to
hide what he is going to do next. Mise en scene is important in thriller films as it
helps make the film, the location is important as it helps the audience establish the
theme. The lighting is often low or dark to hide the identity of the character; the
costumes will make the antagonist wear dark clothes and the protagonist in ordinary
clothes so you can identify them. The makeup and hair will be done appropriately to
help set the theme of the film.
Subgenres
Action Thriller- An action thriller uses psychical action to create the suspense in the
film, the genre will have a continuous motion and action which will include physical
stunts, fights, battles and races. These scenes will add to the overall sense of
danger that the protagonist is facing. Example of this can be die hard, kill bill and the
Bourne identity.
Crime thriller- Is a sub-genre that adds to the aspects of a thriller with a crime plot.
This then usually centres on a serial killer, murderer and robbery. Its an opposed to
a traditional crime films and the storyline focuses both around the criminal and the
protagonist. It uses both action and psychological aspects to build the tension and
suspense. Example of this can be the usual suspects and jagged edge.
Psychological thriller- is when it incorporates the elements of drama and mystery film
this is when the suspense comes from the mind rather from a psychical threat. The
protagonist in this relies on the mental resources to solve the situation. Example of
this can be memento, rear window and taxi driver.

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Science Fiction thriller- is when it incorporates science bases themes into the plot of
the film it adds heroes, villains and fantastical quests. These elements can be used
to create anticipation and suspense this explores different themes and adds plots
that revolve around alien invasions and super diseases. Examples of this can be
aliens, inception and district 9.
Religious thriller- it add the religious themes, ceremonies and objects. Though many
films it revolves around the specific church and it can include supernatural
experiences to a certain religion. Exorcisms, demon possession are the typical
themes of religious thrillers. Examples of this can be the devils advocate, the ninth
gate and the da Vinci code.
Top Ten Thriller Films
1. The third man 1949
2. Rear window 1954
3. The usual suspects 1995
4. The silence of the lambs 1990
5. Reservoir dogs 1992
6. Old boy 2003
7. North by northwest 1959
8. Se7en 1995
9. The departed 2006
10. Fargo 1996

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