what is a Thriller film ?
Crime thriller
a crime thriller usually has a anonymous villain as the main antagonist.the crime being like a puzzle to allow the audience to guess through out the movie to who it is .thee film will usally take place in a well known place like a city which is heavly popluated so rime can take place
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psychological
a psychological thriller will have a female protagonist which is usually isolated the antagonist would be a man who is after the women the film will always has low lighting with pathetic fallesey
it will take place in the utshirts of a city or in the city
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a spy/action thriller
a spy thriller usually has a male protagonist which is equipped with a gun and who will perform stunts in the film.also there would be suspenseful music in the film but pathetic provincial but we will always see the isolation of the MC as he gonna be by himself trying to save the day due to the police just being bystanders.
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erotic thrillers
an erotic thriller will contain adultery (sex/lust seances ) which make a erotic thriller but also the isolation of the MC after the antagonist (usually a obsessive female) trying to hurt the MC and his family .pet die due to the antagonist trying to hurt the protagonist
music in the film will be suspenseful but also some sort of erotic music but also jump cuts
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contained thriller
in a contained thriller there is common theme of isolation contained in a small place.there will sally be A hostage situation someone holding someone against their will because they have power over the protagonist.
Guns.
and there would also be someone trying to protect someone who's has an emotional connection so their forced to come from safety.
political thriller
A woman who finds out something important to a high up government or something similar that causes her to be haunted.
-explosions, traps and guns.
a higher power trying to kill them.
-being isolated by the government.
-A happy ending for the protagonist
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medical thrriler
the generic convention for a medical thrillers invlove thing like
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-An deadly out break.
-Apocalypse of some sort.
-A group of survives or a single one out numbered by the the rest by a zombie like creatures.
-Guns/weapons.
-overgrown building.
-broken and deserted.
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film review
Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller film directed by John McTernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, it was produced by the Gordon Company and Silver Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) who is caught in a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve during a heist led by criminal mastermind Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman).Made for $28 million, Die Hard grossed over $141 million theatrically worldwide. Turning Willis into an action star, the film became a metonym for an action film in which a lone hero fights overwhelming odds. The film's success spurred creation of the Die Hard franchise, which includes four sequels, a number of video games, and a comic book. In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Die Hard has been named one of the best action and Christmas-themed films ever made. The film also ranks No. 20 on Empire's 2017 list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.it is also in the top 5 for the best Christmas film made
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Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Todd Phillips, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver. The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. Joker provides a possible origin story for the character; set in 1981, it follows Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian whose descent into insanity and nihilism inspires a violent counter-cultural revolution against the wealthy in a decaying Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, and Marc Maron appear in supporting roles. Joker was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, and Joint Effort, in association with Bron Creative and Village Roadshow Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. the plot for joker is n 1981, party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck lives with his mother, Penny, in Gotham City. Gotham's class society is rife with crime and unemployment, leaving segments of the population disenfranchised and impoverished. Arthur suffers from a medical disorder that causes him to laugh at inappropriate times, and depends on social services for medication. After a gang of delinquents attacks Arthur in an alley, his co-worker, Randall, gives him a gun for protection. Arthur meets his neighbour, single mother Sophie Dumond, and invites her to his upcoming stand-up comedy show at a nightclub. While entertaining at a children's hospital, Arthur's gun falls out of his pocket. Randall lies that Arthur bought the gun himself and Arthur is fired. On the subway, still in his clown makeup, Arthur is beaten by three drunken Wayne Enterprises businessmen who were harassing a female passenger; he shoots two in self-defense and executes the third. The murders are condemned by billionaire mayoral candidate Thomas Wayne, who labels those envious of more successful people "clowns". Demonstrations against Gotham's rich begin, with protesters donning clown masks in Arthur's image. Funding cuts shutter the social service program, leaving Arthur without his medication.
Halloween is a 2018 American slasher film written and directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Green, Jeff Fradley, and Danny McBride. It is the eleventh installment in the Halloween film series and a direct sequel to Halloween (1978) while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels.It stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle who reprise their respective roles as Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, with stuntman James Jude Courtney also portraying Myers. The film also stars Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, and Virginia Gardner.On October 29, 2018, Michael Myers, who has been institutionalized for 40 years following his killing spree in Haddonfield, Illinois, is being prepared for transfer to a new facility. True crime podcasters Aaron Korey and Dana Haines interview Dr. Ranbir Sartain, Michael's psychiatrist and Dr. Samuel Loomis' former student, before meeting with Michael to gain some insight into his mind. During their encounter, Aaron brandishes the mask that Michael wore in 1978 at him, to no effect. The following day, as he is being transferred, Michael crashes the bus, kills a father and son for their car, and returns to Haddonfield to start his killing spree again but to also finish what he had started 40 years ago.
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Unit 10 Learning Assignment A
Compare and contrast the narrative and stylistic codes and conventions of two thriller films using detailed examples to illustrate your points.
In this assignment, I will be comparing and contrasting the narrative of Halloween (2018) and Panic room.I will also be comparing the stylistic codes and conventions of the two thriller films.
The narrative structure of both films is linear . A linear narrative is the most common form of narration, where events are largely portrayed in chronological order, that is, telling the events in the order in which they occurred both Halloween and Panic room are told in chronological order. The format for Halloween is a featured film while the Panic room is a short film.both Halloween and Panic room have sub-genre. Halloween sub-genres are horror and thriller some people argue that Halloween 2018 is a horror film but it contains a lot of the thriller genre within it. Panic room sub-genre are crime, drama and thriller Panic room contains a lot of drama due to the suspensions in every scene. The purpose of Halloween was to bring a close to the Halloween film but they left the last film in a cliffhanger as Michael Myers was left to burn.The purpose of the Panic room was to make money.The plot for Halloween has been 40 years since Laurie Strode survived a vicious attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. Locked up in an institution, Myers manages to escape when his bus transfer goes horribly wrong. Laurie now faces a terrifying showdown when the masked madman returns to finish what he started 40 year ago. The plot for Panic room follows Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her young daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham (Forest Whitaker), Raoul (Dwight Yoakam) and Junior (Jared Leto) - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Whilst researching the thriller genre I have found that the thriller film often has a female protagonist, in the film’s “Halloween” and “Panic Room” we have to follow female protagonist Laurie strode played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Meg Altman played by Jodi Foster are both the main protagonist. In “Halloween” we are first introduced to Laurie after the opening titles which are at 11:00 we get multiple jump shots with a match shot of Laurie opening the door which is filled with lock then we get a mid-shot followed with tilt up to Laurie's face. The mise en scene shows that she isolated her lifestyle due to all lock and the door but also how she cautious. the lighting in the scene was high key. The only thing similar to the Panic room is that we're introduced to Meg after the opening credits as she is led around her new house with her daughter by an estate agent who is explaining the house history. We can see that the stylist code is thriller due to the ominous/suspense music in both films. Both Halloween and Panic rooms have a female protagonist. As they are the most important characters in the film. The protagonist is conventional as being female due to a female being stereotypical as weak in thriller/horror films. Therefore the audience is invited from their perspective to see the narrative of the film. Despite the genre, it appeals to both male and female audiences and has a certain age range 15 and over.
While researching the thriller genre I have found out that thriller film usually takes place in the city or the outskirts of the city but also has a sense of isolation even if the location is the city. In Halloween, Laurie becomes trapped by her fear of Michael Myers as, over the years, she has isolated herself and interactions with people and lives by herself in the outskirts of the city and pushes her family way to protect them. Her life is altered as the antagonist break free and tries to kill her and her family.in Panic room Meg and her daughter are isolated in their house while the antagonist tries to steal the money that in their home which was left by the previous owner.In Halloween at the most thrillers scene was when we see a long shot of Michael Myers then a jump cut close up of the knife in his left hand standing in Laurie yard at this moment in the film it shows that Laurie is isolated in her house and nowhere to run to but some people might say that she isn't isolated due to her daughter and granddaughter being there with her. Also, the characters in' Panic Room' are imprisoned in the Panic room that is designed to protect them but instead isolated them from the rest of the world. There is a two-shot of the Meg and her daughter Sarah sat beside thee steel doors which are shut and a cut to their point of view as they watch the antagonists which are threatening them from their camera network. Both Halloween and the Panic room tell the audience that if you isolate yourself from society as nothing good would come. Isolation is commonly used in a thriller film due to isolation being the weakness of the human species.
Whilst researching the thriller genre I have found that the thriller film often has a male antagonist, in the film’s “Halloween” and “Panic room” we follow the main antagonist Michael Myers played by James Jude Courtney and the main antagonist in a Panic room is Raoul who is played by Dwight Yoakam. In “Halloween” we are first introduced to Michael Myers in prison strapped up which you usually see in a psychiatric ward this tells the audience that he is mentally unstable and has some psychological trauma to the event which played a couple of years ago the first shot we see him in a long shot/establishing shot chained to the flour then a jump cut to an over the shoulder shot thru the sequence we never really see his face we only see his beard which tells the audience that he aged the take place 5 minutes in. The mise en scene shows that he isolated lifestyle due to him being in jail with no contact with the outside world. the lighting in the scene was high key.The only thing similar to the Panic room is that we're introduced to the main antagonist Raoul breaking into Megs home we see an over the shoulder shot but it out of focus and we see Raoul outside waiting to come in then it cut to a mid-shot of him walking into the room, the lighting is low key. we can see that the stylist code is thriller due to the ominous/suspense music in both films especially in Halloween when Michael Myers's name is spoken we hear diegetic screaming from the other inmates. both Halloween and Panic rooms have both male antagonists. Thus they are the main antagonist . The antagonist is conventional as being men due to men having a psychotic nature and due to wanting things more. this allows the audience to see the psychotic behavior. Despite the genre, it appeals to both male and female audiences and has a certain age range 15 and over.