What is the Thriller genre?Thrillers are dark, attractive and also make you feel scary when you watch the movie. They rarely contain comedy.Any novel could make you feel engaged, feel interest, and excitement, however the main goal of the thriller writers is keeping readers interested.
The example of the Thriller genre:
Crossfire (1947)
Figure 1 (This is one of the thriller movie created by 1947)
Payroll (1961)
Figure 2 (This is one of the thriller movie created by 1961)
Zodiac (2007)
Figure 3 (This is one of the thriller movie created by 2007)
Who are the actors and directors typically associated with the genre?
Alfred Hitchcock : He is a British movie director and he had mostly made mystery and suspense movies. He started his director career in England with silent movie such as : The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). He then worked in Hollywood for American. His first American Movie was called: Rebecca (1940). Eventually He won a Academy Award.
Jennifer Lawrence : She is an American actor, She was the world’s highest-paid actress during 2015 and 2016. She made 6 billions dollars in total! She also appeared in Time‘s 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013.
How has the Thriller genre changed over time?
Thrillers movies had evolved from some suspense in a film to violent, gory films with many themes of horror films. According to Steven Neale theory’s Steve Neale’s theory of Repetition and Difference. He also states that genres are all contains example of repetition and difference The difference is there are huge plot twist which is a hallmark of thrillers movies.
The gang violence inspired the movie and adapted of the novel The Godfather, a violent film, which made filmmakers decide to include more violence in other genres, and also including thriller genre.
What are the sub-genres of this genre?
This is a mind map created by my own and on it shows the sub-genres of the thrillers and also I wrote down the examples of the sub-genres movie.
Figure 4 (This mind map showed the sub-genres of Thrillers)
What are the hybrids of this genre?
Thriller films are typically mixed and hybridized with other genres, hybrids mainly including: action thrillers, fantasy and science fiction thrillers. Thriller films also have a close relationship with horror films, because they both eliciting the audience tension.
Who is the target audience for the genre?
The target audience of many thrillers movie are 18+, this because they watched thriller genre before and also they have the ability to bear the pressure and mental illnesses. Some common themes in the most thriller films are contains violence. This may be a problem for younger audience, because this could cause nightmare for younger audience and cause them to be afraid for a long time. Because of this, the thriller genre is often aimed for the adult audiences.
How does the genre appeal to audiences?
Target audience for thriller films is 18+, because it’s include violent scene and scenes that can be disturbing for younger viewers. Additionally, Young adults would find the plots interesting, mainly appeal to 16-25 year olds and both male and females. Males are mainly interested in thrillers movie because of the there are actions involved in the scene and females are interested because the questions emphasized by the movie and the behind meaning of the thriller and also the psychologically behind the theory.
Why are genres important for filmmakers/Audience?
Genre is important for the filmmakers because: Genre can ensure which kind of scene you want to create and also helps you to ensure that your movie is related to the genre. Genre is also very important to help you find the audience! Because if you not going to set a genre which about your film, it is really hard to attract the audience get any interest about your movie. Genre do helps you to Innovate new stuff into your movie, and also many filmmakers take the basic tools of genre and then twist them on their head. However, Producers recognise genre’s importance when they deciding what type of picture to make and the reasoning behind it.
Genre is important for the audiences because: it allows them to know what kind of film they are going to see and what they can expect when they going to see the film. Also some audiences prefer certain genres. The genre allows the audience to choose what type of films they like to watch.
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