Thriller notes

Thriller notation


Definition of a thriller- A thriller is a genre of fiction that attempts to thrill the audience by putting the character or characters at risk.
There are no clear ingredients of what a thriller should consist of.
Thriller is regarded a problematic genre.
Thrillers can be categorized by fast paced editing and action heroes who out wit the villain also devises such as red herrings and cliff hangers are liable to be used.

Thrillers usually take place in exotic places foreign cities deserts etc.
The hero is generally a normal person.
Thrillers usually overlap each other for instance mystery stories, however thrillers usually work on a much grander scale e.g. big crimes, mass murder etc.

Sub genres

Action thriller
Race against the clock .contains violence
Conspiracy thriller
Hero confronts a powerful group
Crime thriller
Hybrid of crime films and thrillers focus on the criminal rather than the police
Disaster thriller
Conflict against natural disaster
Drama thriller
Slow paced, great deal of character development
Eco thriller
Protagonist must rectify environmental problems
Erotic thriller
Popular since the 1980s e.g. fatal attraction
Horror thriller
Conflict between the main character up against a superior force
Legal thriller
Lawyers in danger have to do the case to save their lives
Medical thriller
Heroes and doctors who solve a medical expanding problem
Political thriller
Conflict is mental and emotional
Spy thriller
Generally government agent Bourne identity
Super natural thriller
Conflict involving supernatural powers
Techno thriller
Focus on literal equipment
The transformed city G.K Chasterton

This theorists mentions where its set-Large urban environments.
This theory talks about that the poetry of modern life- Everything is relaxed and mundane. Thrills are in place to excite modern normal life.
Switches are in place to shift from a boring scene to an exciting scene/event

Heroic Romance- Northope Fry

The hero is usually a normal person who behaves extraordinary when placed in difficult situations. He/She is romanticised also the laws of nature are suspended the hero always ends up in a modern environment and romantic settings

John Raweiti

The exotic element within a thriller that is hunted for instance a lady or a jewel or something unfamiliar.
Middle eastern artefacts such as gold is also used

Maize’s and labyrinths

Maize’s are used in relation to a thriller with lots of twists and dead ends.
If a hero is to go down an alley and gets lost the villain appears there when you least expect it.
Maize’s are supposed to be complex keep the audience guessing.
The identity of the thriller should appear apparent as the thriller progresses also the audience receive pleasure from problems being prolonged.

Partial vision
Pascal Bronte

We as the audience are only given a fraction of what is taking place within the thriller most of the thriller is hidden for instance a shot in which you can only see someone’s thigh.

Concealment and contraction
Lars Ole Salberg

Key points hidden from the audience such as identity protraction delays the action (A ticking bomb)

The question and answer model
Noel carrel

The audience need to ask themselves questions to understand and keep them thinking keep them interested.
Suspense should present.
The thriller should always make the audience think.
Present the audience false hopes.
A moral factor- frame of mind, killer go to jail or not.
A combine of moral and probability and optimum suspense.

conclusion of seven

october 25th today the class and i finished the thriller seven in which i hightened my knowledge of the complexities of a modern day thriller