Monday, 10 October 2011

Audience expectations of a thriller

There are many elements to a thriller the audience would expect to find within the film. People watch thrillers to receive a sense of mystery and suspense, therefore it is important they understand the concept within a thriller film. Within a thriller film, you should be expected to see the following:


  • death; murder or natural
  • stereotyped characters; villain and hero? or the stereotypical gang men
  • some sense of romance
  • mystery allowing the audience to think about what they may be watching
  • location; dark nighttime scenes
  • low key lighting/ shadows to give the audience less image creating mystery and suspense
  • murder weapon
  • eerie elements within the scene
When watching a thriller you will not find any supernatural beings; ghosts, zombies, devil, witch etc, as this genre is classified as a Horror, not thriller. Also, you will not find any scientific elements such as aliens or UFO's as this relates to the genre sci-fi. There are also no intended comedy aspects as this again is not a thriller, it is a comedy. There will not be any 'girl' elements of a 'chick' flick, as again this will not fit with the genre.


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  1. Rich Barton20 November 2011 at 06:58

    Hi Both
    Rather concerned about how much is missing here. You must get together and sort this out. You have no posts since last month. You are aware that the moderator expects to see regular postings by everyone - you need 40 each by the end of the project to justify an A grade. You have 4 weeks until the R&P deadline. Please see me for a subject support tutorial urgently this week.

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