Thriller conventions
TASK 1
Google 'top thrillers of 2021' select 4 and watch the trailers.
Then embed the trailers into your blog nd slides and answer the following:
What do these films have in common?
Most of them have some sort of violence, conflict or disturbance within the theme or plot of the story.
They have scenes where they show not tell
They use cinematic wide camera shots to portray setting tone and mood
What are the differences?
The type of setting
Characters
What time period the movie is set in
TASK 2
Find 2/3 definitions of the Thriller film genre (not literature). Cite them and put them in you blog/slides. Then summarise what they have in common in your own words.
why is it hard to define a Thriller film?
Thriller films cover a lot of subtopics and subgenres to the point where there is a bit of thriller in every movie. Thriller covers such a big range of genre that it really is hard to find a specific definition of thriller, every thriller has its own differences in its own unique ways.
TASK 3
Sub-genres, Research the different types of sub-genres of Thriller.
Choose FOUR you would like to explore (preferably one that might relate to your final product), find definition, conventions and examples.
Mystery Thriller:
Most mysteries reveal a crime and then require their main characters to work backwards to figure out who committed that crime. In a thriller, the bad guy is often established early on, and the main characters must work to stop them from doing evil.
Conventions:
The antagonist makes their actions personal to the protagonist: The antagonist must victimize the protagonist in order to get their MacGuffin.
The protagonist actively investigates and chases clues (including false leads/red herrings) in order to find or trap the antagonist.
Action Thriller:
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
Conventions:
The antagonist makes their actions personal to the protagonist: The antagonist must victimize the protagonist in order to get their MacGuffin.
The protagonist actively investigates and chases clues (including false leads/red herrings) in order to find or trap the antagonist.
- Crime Thriller
Crime thrillers focus on the exciting elements of both successful and unsuccessful crimes. Unlike police procedural, they focus on a criminal or a group of criminals rather than law enforcement.
Conventions:
The antagonist makes their actions personal to the protagonist: The antagonist must victimize the protagonist in order to get their MacGuffin.
The protagonist actively investigates and chases clues (including false leads/red herrings) in order to find or trap the antagonist.
Science Fiction Thriller
A sci-fi thriller wants you to explore the moral dilemmas, human hubris, and hidden agendas that could change your real life—for real. ... A good sci-fi thriller will blend fiction to a credible reality. A good sci-fi will bend implausible reality to explore a fundamental human truth.
Conventions:
The antagonist makes their actions personal to the protagonist: The antagonist must victimize the protagonist in order to get their MacGuffin.
The protagonist actively investigates and chases clues (including false leads/red herrings) in order to find or trap the antagonist.
TASK 4
Try to find out what is the difference between a Horror film and a Thriller film. Explain the difference with examples.
The difference between a horror film and a thriller film is that Horror is mainly focused around fear and the subgenres of fear, whilst thriller does not focus on a specific topic, it covers all types of emotions and has many emotions within a subsequent timeline
TASK 5
Can you create a bullet -pointed checklist of what audiences should expect when they see a Thriller film.
Conventions
Different types of emotions the characters go through
A plot
A narrative
Main character, sub characters
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