A traditional thriller film has one single-minded goal, that goal is to provide a thrill. Key to the genre is for the film to be able to always keep the audience on edge as the film plot builds about towards its main climax. The way thriller films build the climax is usually through the main character having to to escape a dangerous situation, one of which to any normal person would be impossible. Life is in danger in thrillers, and the principle character usually enters a deadly situation unknowingly, this is to bring out a reaction from the audience, as they are willing the character not to enter the situation creating the audience "to be on the edge of their seats".
There are six different types of sub-genre's to thrillers:
- Action/adventure thrillers
- Sci-fi thrillers (example = Alien, 1979)
- Crime-caper thrillers (example = The French Connection, 1971)
- Western thrillers (example = High Noon, 1952)
- Film-noir thrillers (example = Double Indemnity, 1944)
- Romantic comedy thrillers (example = Safety Last, 1923)
Traditional characters in a thriller = innocent victims, criminals, characters with dark pasts, cops, people involved in twisted relationships
Traditional themes in a thriller = terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit, or romantic triangles most of the themes end up in murder
No comments:
Post a Comment