Monday, February 6, 2023

thriller sub-genres

Sub-Genre

Definition

Example Film

Conventions of 

sub-genre

Conventions of thriller genre

Action thriller

An action thriller is just a thriller with lots of violence and suspense 

Taken

 a lot of violence and harmful physical touch involved 

Whispering 

Suspense

Screaming\crying

Comedy Thriller

Comedy thriller are just comedic it can include action and crime but involve comedy as well 

In Bruges

Jokes or rude humour  or sarcasm

Flashing scenes 

Guns and weapons involved 

Bad guys 

Conspiracy Thriller

A conspiracy thriller are just ideas that people have or theirthoughts

Enemy of The State

Innocent man that gets trapped into abig mistake with the fbi and everyone believes he is lying 

Man running for his life 

Violence and aggression involved and weapons

Crime Thriller

Crime thriller are just usually crimes committed in the film 

Memento

Man’s wife gets killed and he searches for the man responsible w the intention of murder and revenge

Violence 

Murder 

Weapons guns etc

Gunshots

Pictures of crime scenes and evidence 


Sub-Genre

Definition

Example Film

Conventions of 

sub-genre

Conventions of thriller genre

Legal Thriller

Legal thriller are more about lawyers investigating in a crime etc

The Life ofDavid Gale

Man seeks a journalist about the murder of davidgale and how someone is trying to frame him

Suspense

Flashbacks

Gunshots

Killer

Quick slide scenes 

PsychologicalThriller

Psychological thriller are more about someone mentally and physically

The Machinist

Man who has insomnia starts hallucinating and starts believing he’s going crazy

Creepy 

Dark atmosphere 

Black and white

Creepy

Pyscho

Spy Thriller

Spy thriller involve fbi or spies investigations 

Spectre

James bond involved trying to investigate something and save a girl 

Flashy scenes 

Violence and aggression

Shouting/screaming

Suspense builds

Damsel in distress

Weapons involved 

SupernaturalThriller

Supernatural thriller are supernaturalbeings or things like vampires etc

The Sixth Sense

Little boy is seeing ghosts and talking to them and everyone thinks he’s crazy 

Screams/crying

Violence

Suspense

Flashy scenes

Creepy voices/whispering

Techno-thriller

Technology involved thriller 

Ex Machina

Man gets a job to work with robots and machines

Suspense 

Flashy scenes 

Female voice

Knife involved

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