Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Thriller Films

THRILLERS

The 'Thriller' term is a very difficult genre to pin down because it covers such a wide ranger of films. Thrillers use suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements to instill terror into the audience. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Methods

Crime Thrillers : Ransoms, Captivities, Heists, Revenge, Kidnappings

Mystery Thrillers : Investigations and the ''who done it'' technique.

Psychological Thrillers : Mind games, Stalking, Confinements, Deathtraps, Horror of personality, Obsession.

Paranoid Thrillers : Fringe Theories, False accusations, Paranoia.



Thrillers tend to have a protagonists (right) who are usually unaware of the antagonists (left) true colours.

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