An inside to Thrillers!
Thrillers like other films will use mise-en-scene, camera angles, editing and sound. A thriller can be one of the following, a film a novel or a play. One of the main aims of a thriller is to create tension, keeping the audience on the edge of there seats. Ways in which they do this is by making the audience think that they know what is going to happen, when in reality it is the complete opposite. There are many different types of thrillers ( having many mixed genres) this includes the following : action-thriller, crime-thriller, horror-thriller and many more. Throughout this course i have been researching into the opening scenes of thrillers. This looking at the soundtrack that they have used, the characters chosen with the costumes that they are wearing.I have also focused on the positioning of the credits. This is to make sure that it will look like an opening and not a trailer.
The start of thrillers!
Borgman Opening scene (2004)
- No soundtrack - this was used to not show any emotion, also creating some suspense.
- Ambient sound - this was the sounds of doors shutting, and walking.
- There was no dialogue - they have used other sounds as shown above.
- opening credits - shown throughout the opening scene.
- Dimmed lightening - this may have been used to show that something bad is going to happen.
- Opening credits
- Sad sound track -this creates a emotional feeling to the viewers.
- The scenes that are taking places make the viewers clueless to what may have happened.
- It makes the viewers question themselves, making them want to find out more .
- Questions the audience a lot throughout.
Mr Brooks
- Voice over - This may question the audience as they will want to know who is speaking, and maybe why he is so important?
- Dialect is used.
- Starts of with a scene that does not mean anything to the audience - this making the audience clueless.
- Credits are used throughout the opening scene.
By appointment only:
- Dietetic sounds - the phone rings.
- Non-digectic sounds - Sad songs - this will create emotion.
- Will make the audience question themselves? - this could include : why does the man choose to kill?,
- It will want the audience to carry on watching to let the story unravel.
Hijacked:
- Opening credits have been used.
- There is a voice over - this leaves audience questioning who it is.
- There is some kind of montage being shown, this with loads of stories and images.
- The images are shown at a fast pace - this keeps the audience interested.
- Dietetic sounds have been used.
Prisoners (2013)
- Begins with an opening shot of a black car in the rain.
- There is a slow advancing shot to a solitary character - the face is not shown.
- It is dark and raining - this shows a dark and cold feeling.
- Non-digectic music. Rain is shown in parallel.
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Title Sequences in films:
The title sequence in films will take place at the start of a film. They include who is involved in the making of the film and those who were shown acting in the film. Usually they are shown are the start of the film. There are also credits at the end of the film. These tend to include a longer list of the people that are involved that may not have been shown at the start of the film. Although as we are only doing the opening of a thriller ending credits will not be used. We did some research into title sequences and how they have been used other films in order to gain a wider spread of knowledge into the opening credits, here is what we found out:
As we are making the opening of a thriller, i needed to where the title sequences have been placed. A title sequence may make the biggest difference to tell the differences between a opening scene and a trailer. We found out that that the order of the credits shows the importance, the most important going last while those who are least important go first. As the director is the key maker he will go last ( as he is most important )
We also looked at examples of title sequences been shown in other films. The ones that we came across was, Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz and King of Kings. Each one of these would present there title sequences between short snippets of the movie.
If you would like to watch the opening credits to harry potter please Click here.
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THRILLER POSTERS!
We looked at other thriller posters, looking at what they used and why they may have used it:
Audiences:
The BBFC: The BBFC is the British Board of Classification. There main aims are too:
- Protect the public from films that main be unsuitable for some ages.
- To inform individuals on the film that they are watching and what it might include.
- Showing the different age range for films. ( this may include protecting young individuals from inappropriate language )
- The U stands for universal. This meaning that any ages are able to watch as it it suitable for all.
- PG stands for Parental guidance. This meaning that young children will need to be accompanied by an adult.
- This meaning that you will need to be the age 12 and above in order to watch the film.
- This meaning that even if the child is of the age of 12 then they will still need to be in the presents of an adult.
- This meaning that in able to watch the film that have to be the age of 15 or older.
- This meaning that in order to watch the film they have to be the age of 18 or older. ( being an adult)
- This age range means that it will contain highly offensive or sexual scenes and will have to be licensed to be shown.
Different thrillers will have different audiences that is suitable for the viewings. The BBFC will decide on what they think will be most appropriate for the thriller. This makes it much easier for viewers to know whether to watch it or not.
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Genres mixed with thrillers:
Many thrillers include cross genres, this may include genres such as, physiological thrillers, crime thrillers, romantic thrillers, action thrillers and supernatural thrillers.
An example of these thrillers could be the film taken. This is an action/ crime thriller. Different genres of thrillers aim to create a different feeling/ emotion in the viewers.
A romantic thriller will tend to use a main relationship with aspects of a thriller in it. Even though this kind of thrillers will exist there tends to be less of them as it may be hard to link a romantic side of a story with a thriller. The audience of a romantic thrillers will tend to be women based/ or starring mainly women.
An action thriller will be completely different from a romantic thriller, it may contain things such as violence, fighting scenes and guns. As action films mainly want to cause a dramatic effect they will use the use of bloody and death to reach this.
A physiological thriller includes more about the mind and less about blood and death. It will tend to include characters either individually or in groups going against each other, not physically but physiologically.
A Supernatural thrillers again will not tend to include any kind of harm, it will either have a hero or a villain that will have physic ability. The audience of a super natural thriller tends to be women based. A good example of a supernatural thriller would be the Exorcism.
