Thriller Conventions

 Alfred Hitchcock said that thrillers allow the audience to "dip their toes into cold water of fear and see what its like". 

Alfred Hitchcock

The word thriller a broad term. There are lots of types of thriller. Examples include: 

       

Seven(Crime Thriller)

              

Psychological Thriller

Legal Thriller

Thrillers have resourceful heroes. These heroes are usually male.

• James bond- Daniel Craig (Skyfall)

• Jason Bourne- Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity)

Bryan Mills- Liam Neeson(Taken)









Sometimes thrillers are "hard men" an example is Clint Eastwood







   







At other times they are female heroes. An example is Ripley in Alien.



Thrillers have frequent action sequences with fast editing. A good example is found at the start of James Bond films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygRWM3nIA0 This YouTube clip is from 007 Spectre, car chase scene.


Thrillers are villain driven plots. The hero is usually reacting to what the villains have done. These villains are usually powerful and have more men and resources than the hero. E.g. in James bond films the villain is usually trying to take over the world. In James Bourne films the hero is against the CIA.

Thrillers use such devices as:

• Suspense
• Red herrings: When the audience is deliberately mislead.
• Cliff hangers: Where the hero is literally in danger of dying any second.

Thrillers are different mystery stories. In a mystery story we do not know who committed the crime and want to find out. In a thriller we often know the villain at the start and want to see if the hero escapes and thwarts the villain.

Genre/Narrative

KEY FILM LANGUAGE

The key technical components of  a film can be divided into two key categories.

• Macro element
• Micro element

 Macro refers to genre and narrative.

 Convention is the stuff we see in genre.


Narrative structure: This is the way events are showed to the audience.
Story: A sequence of events, often referred to as plot.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF NARRATIVE

Linear: The sequence of events that are shown in the order that they took place- the beginning, middle and the end. This is the most popular form of narrative structure.

Non Linear: The sequence of events that are revealed out of the expected order.

The Coursework Brief

1. The Brief
2. Foundation

 I have been asked to produce the titles and opening sequence of a new fictional film in the thriller genre.

the sequence should last a minimum of two minutes.

• I may work in a group of 2-4 students.
• As acting is not assessed, I am free to use actors that are nit members of my group.
• The film is worth 60% of my coursework grade.
• The accompanying blog is worth 40% of my coursework grade.
• together the Foundation Portfolio is worth 50% of the overall AS Level.

Welcome

Hi there my name is Alexandra Adjei, I'm 16 years of age, I'm in sixth form at the moment and one of the course I'm doing Is media studies which is what I'm going to talk about today. But first I'm going to talk you through some of my favourite Tv films or series which range from super heroes to science fiction.


These two shows are my favourite since the deal with meta humans, people with powers which was cause by a dark matter, normal people who just like to participate in crime and romantic relationships as well. It couldn't get any better than that. the best thing i like about these two shows is that you get to solve the crimes with the characters as the show goes on and sometimes you even get the answer before they do. These shows just have one protagonists but with every episode comes a new antagonist which makes it even more interesting.






The vampire diaries is a Tv show which revolves around two teenage vampire brothers who fall in love with a human girl and they both fight for her love. What catches my attention with this show is the character development of the protagonists.You literally get to see how the characters change from being shy at first to being bold, fierce and confident. Now the originals is a spin off of the vampire diaries and it also revolves around love but in a different way. Its got to do with a family of vampires and werewolves who are trying to fight of witches who want to harm them because they see them as a threat.



Other genres that I am interested in are adventures. because just like the genre name, it takes you on an adventure which is really cool. There are so many obstacles that they come across which is hard to figure out whether or not they would overcome. And it makes you itch for the next episode to see what happens especially when its left on a cliff hanger.







there are so many films that i could talk about but i would also like to talk about the kind of music I listen to. I like Pop and Soul and a little bit of Hip Hop.

I like listening to Adele because of the emotion she portrays in her music. Its really touching and I cry every time i listen to her and her songs are so relatable. Which is why she's become an international sensation. Some of my favourite songs from her are When we were young, Hello and all i ask.

As for Pop, I listen to one direction, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Taylor swift and the list goes on. the reason as to why i listen to this group of people is because their music is catchy and easy to get in your head.

I also listen to a lot EDM( Electronic Dance Music) and this just for the mere reason that it keeps me up on my feet. The beat lifts up my spirit when i am in a bad mood and  it makes me feel better because it makes me want to dance.

Some of the artists that i listen to are:









And so many more.

So this is the end of my blog about who I am, what i am studying and the kind of things i like regarding Tv is music.