Typeof thriller

There are different types of thrillers such as;

Political thrillers - political power struggle where powerful people struggle for power. they usually involve legal plots which is designed to give political power to someone, where his opponents try to stop him.

Spy Thrillers -
i.e James Bond

Suspense

Suspense

Suspense is building up to something and allowing the audience to question what will or could happen next, so therefore suspense is a long patiently build up to an exciting scene happening.

an example of this is in the film Sabotage in 1936 by Alfred Hitchcock displays an understanding of suspense. A young boy is told to deliver a package to a certain place ,by a certain time. He is not aware that the package holds a bomb within. The boy's journey creates a build up of tension and suspense, as the audience knows more than what the young boy knows. Questions that are created in are head such as; Will the boy arrive at the train station on time? Will the boy die? what will happen to people surrounding the boy?

Thriller Opening Scene

Thriller opening scenes

Brick
Conventions- dead body, flashback
Camera-Moving, unsteady, extreme close up, out of focus
Editing-Shot reverse shot, dissolve, flashback
Sound-hypnotic, mystery,
Mise-en-scene-dark and desolate

Zodiac

Conventions-mystery

Camera- still cam and focussed on 2 people

Editing-slow

Sound-diegetic all through-starts with radio and ends on gunshots 

Mise-en-scene-dark and an ere of mystery

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Preliminary Task

This is our preliminary task 

The Birds

The Birds

 

The birds is an old film that was made by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Rod Taylor

Tippi Hendren 

 

 Susan Pleshette



 

The film setting is based in San Francisco and is about a girl who follows a man due to suspicion and ends up having strong feelings for him. However she brings with her two lovebirds as a gift to the mans sister, from that day the whole town gets attacked viciously by birds it creates confusion to the audience and the town people wonder if the correlation ( deaths and injuries due to angry birds coming) is caused by the woman bringing them lovebirds or makes us think she is evil.

 

 

 

This film has typical thriller elements i.e. suspense and fast frequent action.

Unknown

Unknown

a man awakens from a coma, and he discovers that his identity has been stolen and noone believes him. He gets help from a young women to help his search and film his true identity and to prove it to everyone.

In the movie there are some key scenes of tension and these essential characterisyics are good of a thriller e.g.

- The hospital scene reaching for scissors leading to murder
the soundtrack was very effective with the disorientating sounds
and the fast editing leading up to the escape.

- The club scene , when Dr. Martin Harris enters the loud booming soundtrack  is disorientating and threatening. the screen is dark only some shadows shown- indistinct this creates unawareness for both viewers to feel the main characters confusion.



-The chase scene:

The fast editing and soundtrack its a good thriller convention it creates adrenaline for the audience, and gets them excited in watching it and feel like they are involved. 

No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men
-an American crime thriller film.
- Adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel ; the film , tells the story of an ordinary  man whos chance delivers a fortune that is not this.