What is a thriller?..............................
Thriller is one of the kinds of genre used in TV
programs, film which uses tension, excitement and fear as the main elements.
Thrillers heavily affect the person’s mood, depending on the kind of thriller
the person watches. Such films are meant to be adrenalin-rushing, fast-paced
and emotional.
The main aim for thriller is to make the audience to
be watchful and to make them insight into the film. But it is also quit
difficult for director and other participants of the movie to
make the aim to success.
Most of the thriller movies involve characters to come
into conflict with each other. The atmosphere is a creepy and sudden violence,
such as situations in crime and murder. Movies with such genre present world
and society as dark, corrupt and dangerous. The tension builds up step by step,
but the most emotional moment comes when character steps into mysterious
situation, or gets into trap. Thrillers take place often in suburbs, cities or
sometimes in exotic settings such as foreign country, cities, deserts, Polar
Regions or high seas.
There several
types of thriller. The different types are: Conspiracy Thriller, Political
Thriller, Spy Film Thriller, Psychological Thriller and Techno-thrillers.
Conspiracy
Thriller: The main characters of such
thriller are often journalists or investigators who are getting into a
trap. Where the main point of the movie
is often followed by lies, rumours, propaganda. A part of a such type of
thriller fiction work can also be considered as being secret history.
Example of
The Conspiracy Thriller (or paranoid thriller) include: V for Vendetta-
shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to
fight against his Totalitarian society. Syriana-A CIA agent, an energy analyst, and
an antitrust lawyer are embroiled in a web of corruption and assassination
involving Big Oil. The International- An Interpol agent investigating a
shadowy banking cartel discovers money laundering, political corruption, war
profiteering, and assassination plots.
Political
Thriller: It is a thriller where the backdrop of a political power struggle. It usually involves extra-legal plots, mad to
make someone powerful in government, and made up opponent who is trying to stop
the powerful governor. International politicians or politics could be involved
too, to make the movie more interesting, by showing the audience about
different countries’ politics. Political corruption, terrorism and warfare are
mostly the common themes. Some of the movies of Political thriller are based on
true facts.
Examples of
Political Thriller are: The Conversation -A paranoid and
personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he
suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. Z-.... Following
the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth
while government officials attempt to cover up their roles. The Crying Game-
A British soldier is kidnapped by IRA terrorists. He befriends one of his
captors, who is drawn into the soldier's world.
Spy Thriller: Is mainly about government agents and their
risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the earlier movies about Nazi
and until nowadays movies about 007 are being still popular. Such type of
thriller has been always popular among worldwide audience. The Spy film
combines variety of themes, like action, science fiction, exiting escapism and
technological thrill. It clearly presents the hero whom audience will support.
Example are:
Obviously the most famous Spy Thriller movie is the series of James Bond.
Which have always been popular among the whole world. And of course the Bourne
film series are being popular until nowadays. There also might be comedies
included in Spy Thriller movies, as an example Duplicity is one such
kind. It is a 2009 American romantic comedy spy film written and directed by
Tony Gilroy, and starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. The plot follows two
corporate spies with a romantic history who collaborate to carry out a
complicated con.
Psychological
Thriller. Is a film with heavy focus on the main character, it is a combination
of mystery and thriller. Particular in this type of thriller there is no
physical power used to overcome enemies, there is a mental power which
dominates. This kind of thriller is the
most emotional and the most difficult to watch in terms of tension and emotions
the person gets watching such kind of movie. It involves mystery and uncovered
plot, which is released at the end of the movie, or even sometimes when the
movie comes to the end, the mystery is still not solved.
Examples are:
The Talented Mr Ripley -in late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young
underachiever, is sent to Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire
playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes
extreme measures. Fatal Attraction-
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins
to stalk him and his family. The Game- Wealthy financier Nicholas Van
Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a
live-action game that consumes his life.
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