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What makes a Thriller?

*music full of suspense

*suspenseful plot-driven storyline

*climax

*jump cuts

*low-level lighting

*abstance of the blood and gore

*killings

Thrillers:

'iRobot' - (Protagonist = Will Smith,

'What lies beneath' -( Protagonist = Harrison Ford, theres an idea of a twist, 

'Seven' ( Protagonist - Brad Pitt,

'The pelican Brief' - (Protagonist = Julia Roberts, 

Codes&Connotations

Cliff Hanger moments

Narrative Resolved

Music - Non DIagetic.

Protagonist&Antagonist - (Claude Levi Strauss - Binary Oppositions - light/dark, man/woman, red/white, justice/crime, here/villian, )

Crime Thrillers

Conventions of a Crime Thriller

 

*Police

*Mystery

*Violence Scenes

*Murder

*Guns

*Male Protagonist

*Investigations

*Low level Lighting

*Chase Sequence

*Weather works against the protagonist

*Time constraints

*Happy endings

* Joker

* Snowman

* Along came a Spider

* Veronica Mars

* Oceans 8

* The hate you give

* Blue Story

The Joker, is seen as a Crime Thriller and has aspects of a psychological thriller aswell. Failed comedian Arthur Fleck, played by Joaquin Pheonix, disguises himself as a clown as an attempt to feel like hes apart of the world around him. He was isolated and disregarded by society and due to this he begins to go mad and transforms himself into a criminal mastermind who paints his face as a clown to hide his identity. 

Political Thrillers

* The Pelican Brief

* The Firm

* American Horror Story : Cult

* 24

Political Thriller Conventions

*Power Struggle

*Hierarchacal

*Protagonist - Isolated Good People - innocent

*Chase Sequences

*Gun threat / Explosions

*Conspiracy - Kept secret by those in Power

*Audiences in position of protagonist > Omniscient

*Suits, Brief Cases, Smart Attire, Court room, Manuscripts, Usb Sticks, Secrets,

*Surveillance - CCTV footage within film

*Complex Language

*Political Aspect

A young lawyer joins a small but prestigious law firm only to find out that most of their clients are on the wrong side of the law. The company is helping to launder mob money, get clients off charges and even murder partners who threaten to blow their cover. But when the FBI come calling to gather evidence on the lawyer's colleagues, he is caught between a rock and a hard place, juggling his life and his liberty.

Technological Thrillers

* iRobot

* Blade Runner

* Matrix

* The Circle

* Anon

Conventions

* Technology (against the protagonist)

* Isolation ( technology isolates you )

* Chase sequences

* non diegetic music

* guns - death

* Protagonists (male and female)

* Antagonists (group/organisation)

* Happy resolution

* Computers/databases/

* Big city isolation

David Kim becomes desperate when his 16-year-old daughter, Margot, disappears and an immediate police investigation leads nowhere. He soon decides to search the one place that no one else has: Margot's laptop. Hoping to trace her digital footprints, David contacts her friends and looks at photos and videos for any possible clues to her whereabouts.

Action Thrillers

* Explosions

* Mainly male protagonist

* chase sequences ( high action content )

* some form of love interest

* Antagonist (male power)

* exotic locations (uninhabitable)

* Protagonists are usually spys

* fight sequences

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts) is tired of living life on the sidelines. Pressured by her friends, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It's not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future.

Disaster Thriller

* Everyone DIes

* Globablly Impact

* Antagonist is the natural disaster

* Everyone at Risk

* Apocolypse

* Protagonist ( family, friends , solo)

* Isolation still a theme

Assignment

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