I put a few photos together that i thought were good signifiers of the Thriller Genre. Some are stills from films and some are photos i found on the internet which I thought were effective.
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Narrrative Theories
- Propp: Character Types
- Barthes: Action & Enigma Codes
- Todorov: Narrative Structure
- Levi-Strauss: Binary Opposites
Thriller Films I've Watched...(* link to website)
- -Sweeney Todd =)
- -Se7en
- -Blow Up
- - Taxi Driver
- -American Gangster
- -Saw Trilogy
- -When A Stranger calls
- -Final Destination
- -Scarface
- -Scream
- -The Ring
- -Flightplan (is an awful film)
- -12 Angry Men
- -Jackie Brown
- -L.A. Confidential
- -Memento*
- -Fatal Attraction
- -The Butterfly Effect
- -The Bourne Series
- -Fight Club
- -Pulp Fiction?
- -The Great Escape
- -The Godfather
- -V for Vendetta*
- -Open Water
- -Hide and Seek
- -Severance
- -Gothika*
- -Pyscho*
- -Rear Window
- -Disturbia*
- -All The President's Men
- -Kill Bill
- -Jaws
- -Reservoir Dogs
Things neccessary for a successful Thriller:
- -Anticipation
- -Enigma (Mystery)
- -A plot that taps into the fears of the audience
- -Tension
- -Excitement
- -Suspense
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Sub-genres
- The Thriller genre can include the following sub-genres:
- -Legal Thrillers e.g. The Pelican Brief
- -Horror Thriller e.g. 28 Days Later
- -Erotic thrillers e.g. Fatal Attraction
- -Crime Thrillers e.g. Reservoir Dogs
- -Psychological Thrillers e.g. The Talented Mr. Ripley
- -Forensic Thrillers e.g. The Silence of the Lambs
- -Spy Thrillers e.g. Mission: Impossible
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