The thriller genre

Conventions of thrillers


Thrillers are fast paced with frequent action and a mind jogging plot .They are essentially about the battle between right and wrong , justice and injustice in which at the end a price has to be paid. A thriller film constantly creates suspense and reinforces the elements of gambling and chase. Common devices used in thrillers aswell as suspense are cliffhangers and red herrings.


The plot is shown from two points one of the main character either the villain or the victim which will have more viewing off and can create empathy to choose a 'favourite'. However sometimes the story can be told from an onlooker showing both points of view choosing you decide. The events in the plot build up allowing the audience to guess at what happens next but this is often wrong and creates suspense for further on in the film.


The characters will often wear dark colors or smart etire often a suit or a smart casual clothing there lines will involve short sentences and there scenes conveyed may just be of actions so as not to give much away.





How thriller films have progressed.


The inital setting of a thriller is said to have been set in the classic novel homer's oddysey. Thrillers have came a along way since then. The thriller genre started out on tv with drama series such as 24 more recent ones are well known dramas such as lost and prison break . One of the earliest thrillers was Safety Last in 1923 . Thrillers used to have to be mainly about the characters and their characteristics with basic film techniques . CGI films first came about in the 1980s , it was a big development to the film industry and changed the plot and conventions of thrillers dramatically. One of the first films to see dramatic developments of cgi was durassic park in 1993 this was one of the first films to create a film with moving computer images consistently throughout the films this revolutionized the movie industry. It marked Hollywood’s transition from stop-motion animation and conventional optical effects to digital techniques. It allowed for things we could imagine and draw to be seen as something actual on screen .
In thriller films this allowed for new sub genres to be created from sci fi to disaster .The development of cgi soon allowed for better quality viewing , the new sci fi thriller Avatar has took over 10 years to make created on 3d and one of the most expensive special effects movies of all time we look to see many more movies of higher quality spending as much money on the effects as the actors and production.