What is a thriller film?
*A genuine thriller is a film that rentlessly pursues a single-minded goal; to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. They heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced.
Thrillers use:
*Tension, suspense and excitement as the main elements.
Characters in thrillers:
*Convicts, criminals, stalkers, assassins, down-on-their-luck losers, innocent victims (often on the run), prison inmates, menaced women, characters with dark pasts, psychotic individuals, terrorists, cops and escaped cons, fugitives, private eyes, drifters, duplicitious individuals, people involved in twisted relationships, world-weary men and women, psycho-fiends, and more.
Themes of thrillers:
*Terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit, or romantic triangles leading to murder.
Primary elements of the thriller genre:
*The central protagonist(s) faces death, either their own or somebody else's
*The force(s) of antagonism must initially be clever and/or stronger than the protagonist's
*The main storyline for the protagonist is either a quest or a character who cannot be put down
*The main plot line focuses on a mystery that must be solved
*The film's narrative construction is dominated by the protagonist's point of view
*All action and characters must be realistic/natural in their representation on screen
*The two major themes that underpin the thriller genre are the desire for justice and the morality of individuals
*One small, but significant, aspect of a thriller is the presence of innocence in what is seen as an essentially corrupt world
*The protagonist/s and antagonist/s may battle not just on a physical level, but on a mental one as well.
* Either by accident or their own curiousness, characters are dragged into a dangerous conflict or situation that they are not prepared to resolve
by Lauren
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