Genre research (continued):

HYBRID
Thrillers are mostly hybrids, with other genres. These are: action-thrillers, crime-caper thrillers, western thrillers, film-noir thriller, romantic comedy thrillers and many more. There are different types of films that are known to promote, intense excitement, suspense, high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectations, uncertainty, anxiety and nerve wrecking tension.

SUB-GENRESA thriller genre can include elements of other genres, these are known as sub-genres. These are: conspiracy thrillers, crime thriller, erotic thriller, financial thriller, psychological thriller, rape and revenge,  super natural thriller, legal thriller and political thrillers.

CODES AND CONVENTIONSThere are many conventions in a thriller, which have to be used as much as possible to male the thriller effect work.

a crime at the core of the narrative(often murder, but not all the time)
a complex narrative structure, with false paths, clues and resolutions
a narrative pattern of establishing enigmas which the viewer expects to be resolved
a protagonist who is systematically dis-empowered and drawn into a complex web of intrigue by the antagonist
extraordinary events happening in ordinary situations.
themes of identity
themes of mirroring
themes of voyeurism
protagonist with 'flaw' which is exploited by the antagonist
titles often reflect an aspect of the protagonist/ antagonist psychological state
often a scene near the end of the film in which the protagonist is in peril
mise-en-scene which echos/mirrors the protagonist's plight


THE TOP 10 BEST RATED THRILLERS

1. Pulp Fiction 
2. The Dark Knight
3. Inception
4. Goodfellas
5. Rear Window
6. Psycho
7. The Silence Of The Lambs
8. The Usual supects
9. Se7en
10. Momento

THE TOP 10 LESS RATED THRILLERS:

1. Compelling Evidence
2. Heaven Strewn
3. The Sobbing Stone
4. Rocket Attack U.S.A
5. Dead At The Box Office
6. Blood Deep
7. At Dawn They Sleep
8. Leather And Iron
9. BigBrother.com
10. The Life Zone

Genre research:

A thriller can be a novel, play or a film. It must thrill the audience which a person thing or experience. It must haven an exciting plot which involves some sort of crime. Thrillers are a genre which uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. A thriller usually involves heroes and villains and the villains are determined to destroy the hero or the country. They must create some kind of emotions, these being; apprehension, exhilaration of excitement and breathlessness, these emotions must generate the thrill.

There is a lot of different kinds of thriller: spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical-thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller and military thriller.

more research to be posted.

Main Task:

Our main task is to create the titles and opening sequence of a thriller film, it must be a maximum of two minutes.

We had to find some research of thriller, we had to answer these questions:
What is a thriller film? Consider hybrid and sub genre
What does it need to achieve?
How has the genre developed historically?
Refer to key examples

 What are the conventions of the genre?
Technical elements, narrative, representations. etc. ?