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Genre. What is Thriller?. Thriller is a specific type of genre that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. The atmosphere in thrillers are mostly characterised by violence, crime, murder etc and shows society as dark, corrupt and dangerous.

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  1. Genre

  2. What is Thriller? Thriller is a specific type of genre that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. The atmosphere in thrillers are mostly characterised by violence, crime, murder etc and shows society as dark, corrupt and dangerous. Thrillers mostly try to promote moods such as high levels of anticipation, adrenaline rush, arousal, ultra heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety and terror.

  3. History of Thriller Audiences went to the cinema not simply to see but also to feel something which they would not ordinarily experience in real life. At one extreme, they were enthralled by the ingenuity of the dog in Rescued by Rover (1905) as it discovers the whereabouts of a kidnapped child. At another, they shuddered as the title character of F.W. Murnau'sNosferatu (Germany, 1922) makes his sinister progress to the heroine's bedchamber. Something of that film's eerie atmosphere seeped into the first thriller masterpiece of the British cinema, The Lodger (1926); and the first major British talkie, Blackmail (1929) was also a thriller, using sound particularly imaginatively in the scene when the recurrence of the word 'knife' in the mouth of a gossipy neighbour presses on the heroine's guilty conscience like an exposed nerve.

  4. Character Representation Characters in thrillers include convicts, criminals, stalkers, assassins, down-on-their-luck losers, innocent victims (often on the run), prison inmates, menaced women, characters with dark pasts, psychotic individuals, terrorists, cops and escaped cons, fugitives, private eyes, drifters, duplicitious individuals, people involved in twisted relationships, world-weary men and women, psycho-fiends, and more. The themes of thrillers frequently include terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit, or romantic triangles leading to murder.

  5. Mise-en-scene Character – The characters in a thriller are normally casual clothes so that it seems like the people in the film are everyday people, which makes the audience feel the could end up like the characters in a thriller. Lighting – The lighting in a thriller is usually very dull and depressing which creates a chilling atmosphere. Props – There are many common props used in thrillers, for example things like knives, guns, camera’s, police cars, rope/tape etc. Setting – The setting of a thriller is normally in a rural place such as a city/town. The action normally takes place in a family house which when broken into creates an insecure, tense feeling for the audience.

  6. Mise-en-scene Camera work - To create tension, thrillers use pace. Fast cutting helps create suspense, but at the same time long slow shots make you unsettled with anticipation. the pace of the shots normally go in unison with the music. Cross cutting is commonly used in thrillers. cutting between the victim and his threat. there is normally some kind of end to this sequence, when the two individuals or groups meet, in a final climax.

  7. Music and Sound Thrillers are typically noisy. They use a lot of diegetic sound during the course of the film. Commons sounds like bangs, ticking, and screams. the build up of these sounds help create suspense and tension. These sounds are heard by both us and the characters, and normally are jumpy. Non-diegetic sound is used regular during thrillers. A steady drone is used, which creates unease. there is normally the of a crescendo which takes place nearer the action. As the action increase and the tension builds the music speeds up and increase in unison.

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