The Thriller Genre:

What is a Thriller?
A thriller is a wide genre of literature and film, cleverly designed to endlessly play with the audiences emotions and keep them on ''the edge of their seat''. Thrillers have three key elements/aims, and these include: to surprise, excite, and to create tension. Thrillers strongly stimulate the audiences moods, typically arousing anxiety, uncertainty, anticipation, fear, excite and surprise- This is why thrillers are sometimes described as a ''rollercoaster ride'' because of the strong range of emotions evoked during the experience- it is scary, yet exciting. The plot of a thriller is usually based around a villain, that brings about obstacles for the protagonist to overcome. Thrillers tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, stirring and fast-paced. Plot twists, red herrings and cliffhangers are also strongly used generic features of a thriller, effectively adding to the impact upon the audience. As a result, Thrillers are hugely popular, and appeal to people from almost all demographics.

Examples of Thrillers include:
*Pulp Fiction- Crime Thriller, (1994, Quentin Tarantino)
*Blue Velvet- Crime/Mystery Thriller, (1986, David Lynch)
*Se7en- Crime/Mystery Thriller, (1995, David Fincher)
*The Sixth Sense- Supernatural Thriller, (1999, M. Night Shyamalan)
*Silence of the Lambs- Psychological/Crime Thriller, (1991, Jonathan Demme)

 

Welcome

Hello, my name is Daniel Shippey, and this is my welcoming post. Firstly, I have created this blog, so I can document and present my work and research for my AS media coursework. This includes my preliminary task, all the way up to my main task, and the finished and final media product. This means you will have access to each individual task throughout the project, where it will be carefully explained; including the ideas and thoughts that went into it. And any issues that occurred during the task, and how it was dealt with. The task that has been set for our media group this year, is to create an opening sequence to a thriller. This entails the three main stages of production: (pre-production) planning, (production) the actual filming, and (post-production) the editing. I am working alongside the two media students, Elizabeth McLaughlin, and Iain Guy, during this media/film project. Together, we have formed an independent production company, known as Eden Pictures.

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