A thriller Film is a genre that revolves around anticipation and suspense. The aim for Thrillers is to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. The core of a thriller film is usually a problem for example an escape, a mission, or a mystery. The tension with the problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax. Over time the thriller genre has changed becoming more advanced, as they are now able to use more modern technology, making thriller films more popular and interesting.
1920s
In 1922, one of the first thrillers ever made was Nosferatu. Made in March 1992 and directed by F.W.Murnau, based on a dracula the movie it was conventional to thriller as it was in silence. It having no sound is significant to making the film contribute to the thriller genre, as it helps create suspence, surprise and shock. Also it will cause the audience to be more involved in watching the film as they are focused on whats going to happen as they cant predict whats going to happen from the music. It being in silence means that Murnau had to base and rely on other thriller conventions to help make the film in the thriller genre.
1940s
During the 1940s the thriller industry began to increase, with more people being interested in this type of genre. In 1941, a thriller film called Suspicion was released. Based on a shy young English women marrying a man, then suspecting him of killing her. The director being Alfred hitchcock, tells us already that the film achieved a great response, receiving an oscar. The narrative helps us understand the thriller genre as it is stereotypical to a thriller, also being in black and white helps shows conventions to a typical thriller as shading and light is used to highlight pacific points that will help the audience understand what genre it is.
1980s
In the 1980s a thriller called 'Friday the 13th' was released. The narrative is based a group of teenagers who are brutally murdered individually when attempting to re-open a abandoned campground. This film took inspiration from The Last House On The Left, as the director, Sean S Cunningham, wanted the film to have shock suspense and surprise, like us taking inspiration from this film the director took his from others also, as this helps us understand thriller conventions further making us able to introduce them into our own.
2000
What lies beneath was released in 2000. Based on a story about a wife of a university research scientist believing that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost. But she is unsure if she is loosing her mind instead. It being the 2000's we can see a large difference from the thrillers now compared to one in the 1920s. This is because colour picture is now used making more conventions to a thriller being able to be used for example, hidden identity. Also it will be more advanced due to more modern technology being used.
As we can see from the results in the table above the thriller genre appeal to a wide audience, making it populer and an ideal genre to use when makingh a film as its more then likely that it will recieve a good response.
From researching into thriller films over the past generations i have founhd which are bvest thriller conventions to use, as i have been able to see what looks best depending on the narrative. Also i have been able to see how other the use modern technology have allowed thriller films to become more popular due to them being more realistic.
This post demonstrates a basic understanding of how thriller films have changed and developed over the years. You have included some examples, but have only copied and pasted information on the narrative from the internet, which needs to be referenced.
ReplyDeleteYou also need to focus on the characters, themes and conventions that are evident in the films, to demonstrate further understanding of how thrillers have changed. You have also included the box office information, but you have failed to comment on three films and how their narratives appeals to an audience. This needs to be changed, so that you have demonstrated further knowledge and understanding.