List of Thriller Sub genres

There are several different sub-genres:

Action Thrillers

Psychological Thrillers

Erotic Thrillers

Political Thrillers

Tech-no Thrillers

Legal Thrillers

My favourite type of thrillers are action thrillers because they provide the most action and they keep me in suspense the most. The story lines are often similar but they still provide the most entertainment.

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This picture goes under the heading of claustrophobia. Claustrophobia is a fear of being closed in confined places.

The fact that we are tightly closed together with our faces looking worried suggests that we are claustrophobic.

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Analysis of united 93

The thriller we watched as a class was united 93. Now in many ways i was disapointed with this as a thriller as it took a while to get going and to the point but was based on true events so there was a reason...



the film used many techniques to build tension and suspence, one of these would be sound. before a big event in the film sound is used to subconsciously build tension and gets the viewer ready for a shock this was not one of united 93's strong points in my opinion but when used effectivly it was pulled of very well, for example as the first plane was being taken over by terrorists and discovered there is a non-diagetic erie sound to slowly raise tension and always a diagetic sound of the radar that is used by the man at the same time this gives the viewer a sence of foreboding that something bad is going to happen with that radar.

another way suspence is built is by camera shots, for example when there is no action or right before there is a build up to action you would see the camera moving very slowly and it would be very steady this would be on a tri-pod but as action moves closer the camera shots begin to speed up slowly and it begins to become more handheld this is telling the viewer that something is about to go down! another way the film builds tension is using close ups on peoples faces, the film uses this very effectivley as it captures the fear very well.

towards the climax of the film we see the passangers fight for there lives. the camera is hand and shaking everywhere while there is a fast paced non-diagetic sound playing in the background, as they get closer to the cabin door there is several slow close ups on the terrorists faces to show the fear as they are alomost out of time. the struggle for the weal of the plane has everyone on the edge of their seat as we want the cavilians to survive which is the obvious good triumph evil, the camera work and sound in that scene ae used very well but in this case evil triumphes as we are end up with the plane crashing.

List of thriller sub-genres - which inspires you at the moment and why?

There are many Sub-Genres in the thriller scene.

Techno thriller

Spy thriller

Pyschological thriller

Medical thriller

Horror thriller

Disaster thriller

Religiouse thriller

Drama thriller

Action thriller

Crime thriller

My favourite one out of the list would have to be the action thriller, this is because it provides much more action than the other's hence the the name, and also the fact that it has more action enables us to get more in to the film.

How is suspense created in the film you watched in class?

There are several ways in the film in which the director put in a lot of suspense. Suspense is what i think creates a film to be good because it gets us to want to watch more and to get in to the film. Because the film was taken from real life in which actualy happend created a bit of suspense we get to know about how people on the plane actually felt.

During the film we get moments where there is just silence and close up shot to the passengers faces, this to me creates suspense in terms of us thinking if anything bad is about to happen, they say silence is deadly so we feel the atmosphere there.

In the film there is a build up to the actual plot, in a way this is suspense because it keeps us waiting, thinking about when the main action is going to happen.

Towards the end there is a build up to the end climax when they actualy crash, before that we get a clip where the men on the plane actualy fight for their lives to get to the steering wheel, this in ways creates suspense for us because what we actauly want to happen doesnt actually happen this just creates a lot of tension ans suspension.

As media Skills Audit- Editing

To help us with our project, in class we where able to start to practice how to make a squence work in a movie clip.
we went on to Final cut pro - Bait tutorial.
From there we opned up a clip from browser and put in, in and outpoints to show where we wanted it to be edited.
In order to make the sequence we dragged the clips onto the timeline so that it could flow.
I also learned to use the razor tool, the razor tool would enable us to cut out what we didnt want to add in the sequence.
As well as everything, i learnt to put in a cross fade effect on the video and audio.

Skills audit editing

I went to final cut pro-Bait tutorial,then opened a clip from browser and put in and out points then went on to drag the clips on the timeline.

I learned how to use a razor tool, also learned how build a sequence on the timeline.

SUPERNATURAL THRILLER

ACTION THRILLERTHRILLER SUB-GENRE AND INSPIRATION
There are many kinds of Thriller sub genres some of these include:
Medical thriller
Political thriller
Conspiracy thriller
Crime thriller
Horror thriller
Action thriller
Psychological thriller
Religious thriller
Spy thriller
Supernatural thriller

Particular Thriller sub genres which are inspiring me at the moment are Action thrillers and supernatural thrillers these two genres covey different types of thrill and excitiment, for example Action thiller's will gernerally have a fast-paced work which excites me, it usually adheres to the hero cycle most of the time, and its plot revolves around character development.

Action thrillers are fulled with suspense and cliffhangers, the main character usually takes a kick of life-threating risks to solve the present problem wheather its external or internal always in frquent action keeping the viewer on edge at all times.

Supernatural thrillers are more of a mind game to me, getting you to belive in the unseen and seen they are normally things that cannot be explained , invovling occult beings which are tales of events invovling ordinary people which is very creepy and can be quite tense at times.

These are the two genres that are popular and intrest me, it brings suspense and tension to the table at all times.

Definition of suspense

The defintion of suspense to me is a build up of anxiety and uncertainty about what is going to happen, this is likely to happen in a situation where there is a lead up to a big event.

How is suspense created in the film you watched in class ?

In the film united 93 several different ways to build tension were used. In this film the director decided to use a real time account of the events on the United 93 and this in itself builds tension because throughout the film you never know when a turning point is going to come so it leaves you on edge. The use of camera work at the beginning also creates suspense, the shot reverse shots of the two terrorists at the beginning make you realize that they are going to do something but that shot makes you think that they are going to do it at the start of the movie and not towards the end. At the end of the film whilst the plane is crashing the camera switches from a pitch black screen to the scenery below then to the passengers fighting for control of the plane and this creates suspense because the audience does not no whether or not the plane will end up crashing or end up living.The scariest part of the film is the unpreparedness of the FAA and the military in dealing with the situation, which is also well-depicted here.

Definition of suspense

Suspense is a feeling of uncertanity and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audiences perceptions in a dramatic work.

Defenition

My definition of suspense is an action, sound or camera movement that creates a sence of foreboding to a

big event!

Definition

Suspense: Pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome.

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