What
is Thriller?
Thriller is a genre which is used in literature, film and television
to create suspense, excitement and tension. The most common use of
this sub genre to thriller are mystery, crime and psychological
thrillers, however there are also many other subgenres.
The aim for thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of
their seats.The protagonist in these films are usually set against a
complication,an escape,s mission or a mystery.The tension with the main problem
is built on throughout the film and leads to a stressful climax clues are given
through objects known as props. Thrillers began in the late 1920's and
are still being created today with a much modern theme.
Thriller is also usually confused with action
and horror therefore most thriller films such as the
most famous ones give this impression such as ‘Psycho’ which was
directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was produced during 1960. This film is a
psychological thriller based on the American 1960‘s time period but has a very
strong horror theme enhanced through many features including lighting and
sound.'psycho' uses very low key lighting and dull scenes and was
adopted from the 1959 novel which was written by Robert Bloch also called
‘psycho‘. Both the film and novel are based on the cases on convicted serial
killer Ed Gein, this therefore allowed the directors of the film to associate
the film with other genres such as horror, drama and mystery, as well as the
thriller.
This is the very famous 'shower scene' which is great for textual analysis as it has many common thriller features such as the
randomness and unexpected event
Gein pictured above was sectioned to a mental health unit due to
insanity.when police searched his house they found a decapitated body
hung many
items such as chairs covered by layers of human skin and even a belt made
up of human nipples. Gein only committed to two of his killings.
The common plots
in crime thrillers are ransoms,revenge and kidnappings which are elaborated on
for the effect of the audience.
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