Secondary research

I searched the Web for other peoples opinions on what they thaught defined a 'Thriller' genre before i studied openings of thiller films so i had an brief idea of the features that the audience commonly notice. This is the best definition i found.


After this introduction a question what is thriller was a main topic. Here are some of the possible answers. it is difficult to define the thriller in a quick and easy way. It is difficult to define “thriller” in the same way it is difficult to define”comedy”. Both words, “thriller” and “comedy” do not describe the form of the story in any useful or informative way. Both words essentially describe the effect a story of this type have on the audience: a comedy makes you laugh, a
thriller is,well, thrilling.
“...a story..in which the possibility of violent action, even death, is
close all the time.”
As our starting point, what are the implications of that principle? Well,
Highsmith said a thriller can be:
• a story with a threat of violent action and danger
OR
• a story of actual violent action and danger
And because so much of the story was concerned with either the threat or
the effect of violent action:
• The story worked on a fundamentally superficial level
BUT
• A good thriller can contain moments of profundity
So from this general principle, we can start to get real clues as to the shape
of our thriller stories:
• A good thriller puts the hero in danger early and never lets up.
• A good thriller uses a variety of techniques to impart and sustain
“intensity” for the audience:
1. frequent unexpected plot turns: suspense and surprise
2. exciting physical action
3. characters who twist into unexpected shapes
• A good thriller ends in a way which, within the context of the range of
devices already utilised to create intensity, is surprising, and even more
exciting than anything which has gone before.
• A good thriller will have a faster pace than the average film.
• A good thriller will increase the resonance of the plot twists as it
unfolds.

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