Thriller is a genre which, is used in Literature, film and televison. Thrillers are generally found to include and create suspense and add tension. All thriller titles are likely to stimulate their audience, their moods, specifically tension, ultra heightened expectation, suspense and anixiety. They are also known to include techniques such as cliffhangers, which would leave the audience unaware of the fate of any included characters.
Early Thrillers In The 1920/30's:
Thriller in the 1940's
In the 1940's Hitchcock continued to direct and create suspense thrillers, in this year alone he produced two thriller films one of which was an Oscar Winning peice. These films were "Foreign Correspondent" and "Rebecca" with, Rebecca being the Oscar Winning. In 1941 he continued to strive through the thriller genre with creating "Suspicion." After this he then weent on to release Saboteur in 1942 alongside Shadow of a doubt in 1943. Shadow Of A Doubt was said to be hitchcocks own personla fabourite, a film which was based on a true case of the 1920's famous serial killer known as The Merry Widow Murderer. George Cukor made his place in thriller by bring out his psychological Thriller "Gaslight" in 1944 and another the same year called "Noir". However, in the 1940's many other thrillers were brought out also consiting of, The Spiral Staircase, Sorry, Wrong number in 1948 and Lady from Shangahi in 1948 also.
Thriller in the 1950's
In the 1950's Hitchcock created more classical films such as "Strangers on a train" in 1951. In 1954 Dial M for Murder, then closely followed in 1954 with "rear window" where a man convinced himself his neighbour was a killer. Just before this in 1953 "Niagara" by Henry hathaway was created, this started the iconic Marilyn Monroe where she played the role of a women who plotted to kill her husband. The final big thriller of this time period was "Kiss Me Deadly" by Robert Aldrichs.
Thrillers in the 1960's
Throughout the 1960's a great deal of people were making thriller films. People such as Michaeal Powell, J.Lee Thompshon, Stanley Donens and Roman Polanski were all creating them alongside Hitchcock. In 1962 J.Lee Thompson had created 'Cape Fear' which featured a menacing character seeking out his re
. This was closely followed in 1965 by Polanksi's first english film "Repulsion" and then in 1967 Terrace Youngs "Wait Untill Dark" which was famous thriller during its realse date.
Thriller in the 1970's/80's
During this time period there was a great deal of thrillers being brought into the industry. In 1972 Hitchcocks 'Frenzy.' was given a rating of R for its explicit context. In 1971 Clint Eastwoods 'Play Misty For Me' was a film about an individual becoming disturbingly obsessed with their idol. Later on down the time timeline in 1980 'Dressed to Kill' was released and then shortly after following in 1981 the assaination thriller 'Blow out' and 'Booty double'.
Thrillers in the 1990's/to present
The 1990's quite comparably to the other years had thrillers interweaved through it. In 1992 'The hand that rocked the cradle' by Curtis Hanson was brought out by Curtis Hanson. This was about a nanny who was seeking revenge against her dead husbands patient. Although just before this the famous Jonothan Demme's 'The silence of the lambs' was released in 1991 where a young FBI agent is in a constant physchological war with cannibalistic Hannibal Lector. As we reach the present day we see many more thrillers have been created and are still being created today, it is through all these influence that we are able to witness these suspense filled viewings. Just to name a few of the best thrillers to date that have been brought out in the present day, Eden Lake (2008), The last house on the left (2009), Hostage (2005) and most recently Sinister (2013).
Through this research I have been able to see how much the thriller genre has expanded and evolved over time. I have been able to see and understand where the conventions of a thriller genre have come from and this has allowed me to think more indepth about how I'll use them in my very own thriller clip. Now that thrillers are more increasing popular, the discovery of the genre has allowed me to understand just how many thrillers there are and what the creators influences were and the plot lines behind them. Overall the research has helped me with my planning of my very own thriller sequence creation as I have been able to have more knowledge on the genre I am enrolling my clip in.
Thriller Box Office 2013
The thriller box office shows us the numerical success of thriller films such as sales, profit and tickets sold to the public. Numerical figures are used to measure the rate of success of a thriller in order to show exactly how many people chose and opted to view the film as it appealed to them in one way or another. By viewing a thriller box office statistics we can see the most successful thriller films and can enquire in to why they are/were so successful. By doing this we can gather inspirations and take notes on how we can make our thriller as successful as those stated on the league table eg; Gravity. It also shows us the theartical distributor and we can gather from the table that the most succesful one is Warner Bros. This could tell us that perhaps we should view this certain theatrical distributors thriller films as, they are clearly doing something correctly that gains them sales, views and profit.
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This post demonstrates some understanding of how thriller films have changed and developed over the years. You have included a variety of thrillers to show your knowledge and understanding.
ReplyDeleteBut further analysis of the narrative and the characters are needed, to demonstrate further understanding of the thriller genre. Also aim to include screenshots to support your points, as well as referencing your research.
The box office information that you have included above, helps to demonstrate further understanding of the thriller genre. But you need to include points on the different narratives and how it appeals to an audience. Consider 3 different films from the list.
ReplyDeleteAim to consider the purpose of the narratives and how they appeal to an audience in more detail.