Blog 1: Thriller convention

Thriller convention

A thriller is a type of film that is fast pacing, there is action throughout the film frequently,in a thriller there will more than likely be a hero and a villain. We will normally see the hero over come the villain, and save everyone. Thrillers use devices such as suspense, this is where by the film grabs the audiences attention, and makes the audience want to carry on watching as they will want to find out what will happen next to either the hero or villain in this case. Thrillers also use red-herrings, this is when the film tricks the audience into thinking some will happen when something else completely different happens. Another device is a cliffhanger, this means letting the audience question a film. These are usually found at the end of films, with usually another film to follow as the last has been left at a point where audience has their full undivided attention on the film, but the film just ends, and leaves the audience questioning what happened?

      A thriller is a flexible genre, the genre is flexible and can engage the audience through a dramatic rendering of psychological, social and political tensions. Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience, "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like”. Other characteristics of a thriller are that thrillers often take place in exotic settings such as foreign cities. The heroes in most thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger e.g. policemen.  However, they may also be ordinary citizens drawn into danger by accident. Usually the hero is seen to be a man however there have been cases where we see a woman being the hero. Danger and violent confrontations are standard plot elements of a Thriller. The climax of a mystery is when the mystery is solved, a thriller climaxes when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving his own life and often the lives of others.

There are all kinds of Thrillers these are as follows: legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller. The list goes on and on. Thrillers can be defined by the primary mood that they create: fearful excitement. In fact, this openness to expansion is one of the genre's most enduring characteristics.