Thriller Genre Blog

 Hello! Seeing as though we need a certain type of genre for our final task, my group an I had a dissuasion about it. We have different ideas in mind. One of those being a thriller. One of the main points of a thriller is to have the viewer at the edge of their seat. It needs to be exciting and or suspenseful. Some of the common camera angles that are present in a thriller are high angles, low angles, canted angles, wide shots, close ups and extreme close up among others. All of these angles can be used to create the suspense that is usually present in most thrillers. Some Mis-en scenes that are used in a thriller is for one the use of lighting. To make the viewer feel suspense the lighting would be more darker and not brightly lit. Also there will mostly be a setting that would make the viewer nervous. The it comes to the editing of a thriller is is sure to be jumps cuts, elliptical editing, shot reverse shot, and parallel editing. These are used to make the viewer feel like they are within the film. They cause the viewer to be alert thinking something will happen. And keeping them on their toes. Thrillers also tend to add the sounds of the weather such as rain and wind so the viewer can feel the setting. They also add heavy breathing of the characters so the viewers can feel the tension that they feel. Some popular examples of thinners are Scream, The silence of the lambs, Get out, and Black swan. These are all really popular thrillers that use a lot of the things that were mentioned. The elements of thrillers that I like and would uses are the sound devices if possible and the lighting and angles to bring our finial task feel alive and interesting as well as suspenseful. The only thing I would say away from within the thriller is a scary or suspenseful location seeing as though it may not be possible for me and my group to do.