Media
Thriller
Ther is a huge range of different thrillers they can come in books/novels, Television and films. These all however have to include the same key components some of these are Tension, Suspense, excitement and mystery to grab the watcher and get them hooked.
There are many different Genres of thrillers. Genre is the title that is inclusive of different forms of media that has a narrative that is fueled by tension, suspense, mystery and excitement.
Crime
Supernatural
Erotic
Political
Disater
Drama
Horror
Action
Psychological
Thriller key components
Martin Rubin 1999 Thrillers
C K Chesterson The Transform City
He was a British Authour.
Cotempory Genre based in city surroundings.
Transforms a normal person into an exstrordinary person.
Northrop Frye The Heroic romance
The heo is a normal person who ends up havingt to act in an exstrodinary way to deal with the circumstance at hand.
Can change the laws of nature suspending them and making a certain circumstance for the hero.
John Cawelti The Exotic
Includes a modern city with elements of enchantment and mystery.
It can introduce the unfamiliar.
The storry line can often revolve around props or objects from the Middle East.
W H Matthews Mazes and Labrynths
This originates from Greek mythology.
The hero often finds themselves in a predicament.
In this the hero will be frace with mazes and labrynths to get to the villan.
The audience will be presented with the same puzles and problems as the hero.
Pascall Benitzer partial vison
Audience only sees what the director wants them to see as elements will be hidden to cause suspense and keep the audience guessing.
What we see is just as important as what we don’t as this also creates tension and excitement.
Charicter placed “unlimited prison”
Lars Ole Sauberg Concealment and protraction.
Suspense can be created pulling the audience in different ways.
Something can be deliberately concealed from the audience to grab them and keep them watching.
Deliberate dealy of an outcome that is suspected to cause tension eg, waiting for the bomb to go off.
Noel Carrol The question answer model.
The audience are left waiting in suspense as they are presnted with questions eg, Will the hero survive.
1, propability factor: a easy victory is a lot less gripping than a battle aginst the odds.
2, moral factor: When the hero is morally right it grabbes the audience and maintains focus.
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