A thriller is a type of film or literature that is generally
designed to be very tense and very often they are set around one main
character, the protagonist. There are several types of thriller, such as
psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and action thrillers. Psychological thrillers
like The Silence of the Lambs, are
based upon mental issues with the character and is something that cannot be
overcome physically. A crime thriller, like The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, generally involves a character solving a crime
that personally affects the character. Action thrillers, such as Die Hard, involve a character fighting
towards a solution to his problem, with explosions occurring regularly. A main
character will generally face a tough problem and have a difficult time getting
over this problem. In a lot of thrillers death is heavily involved and is a big
part of the quest the character must face. Thrillers are also very mysterious
and there are many things left untold until the end of the film.
Many thrillers use quite low lighting to add tension to the film
and music is generally quite dark and slow and plays a massive part in
thrillers. For example, in Citizen Kane,
the lighting is very low and features a lot of fade shots and a slow dramatic
music piece in the background.
Some camera movements are used to make the audience feel like they
are in the film and they are seeing things from a characters perspective. In
the Bourne Identity, a point of view
shot is used to show the audience what the character is seeing and to make the
audience feel like they are part of the film. It also gives a clear indication
of who the main character is. It also adds mystery as to who the main character
is as the character is not shown during the opening shots.
The opening of a thriller needs to add mystery and make the audience ask
questions. The opening needs to make the audience want to keep on watching the
film. Wide, long shots are often used at the very beginning of thrillers to set
the scene. In No Country For Old Men,
wide, panoramic shots show where the film will be set and the barren landscape
that is shown suggests that the film could be a thriller
Dissolve shots are often used to add tension and mystery. In the
opening of Citizen Kane, dissolve and
fade shots are used to show one of the characters house. It creates a lot of
mystery and it makes the audience want to carry on watching and find out more
about the house and why it is so important.
In our thriller we featured it on one main character and he also
faced a problem that he had to solve alone. There is no real action in our
thriller and a lot of it is psychologically based. We did attempt to make our
thriller rather tense so the audience really have to concentrate and are alert
to what is going on. We featured several cut-away shots in the opening of our
thriller to add psychological effect.
We also used
cross dissolves in the opening to show how the action moves forward and the
change in shot. Without the cross dissolves, the opening wouldn’t flow as well
and it would not make much sense.
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