Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements (Wikipedia).
1920's -1930's:
In 1926, a man called Alfred Hitchcock made his third thriller film, his thriller films were usually silent because in the 1920's and 30's film directors did not have the technology that we have today to create thriller movies. The thriller movie that he made is called The Lodger which was based on the theme of Jack The Ripper. The next film that Alfred made was in 1929 and it is called Blackmail; this movie was very popular in Britain as it was his and Britain's first ever sound film. This shows how the thriller genre gradually developed over the years from the 1920s-1930's. There were various directors in Britain who also produced very successful thriller films such as: Walter Forde, Victor Saville and George A.
1940's:
In the 1940's, Hitchcock continued directing thrillers, two of the films that he created were very successful and he received an Oscar for one of the films he directed called Rebecca, this shows the development of the thriller genre as it was being received so well by the nation and other countries around the world that awards were being won by thriller actors and directors.
Rebecca was played by Joan Fontaine who was an academy award winning actress for her roles in both Rebecca and another one of Hitchcock's movies called Suspicion.The development of thriller movies paved the way for alot of actors and actresses like, Joan, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent and Burt Lancaster.
1950's:
In the 1950's thriller movie audiences were introduced to new directors such as Henry Hathaway who directed the movie Niagra which starred the very honoured Marylin Monroe. In this thriller film Marylin played a character who plots to kill her husband.
Other films were Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly in 1955 and Charles Laughton's The Night Of The Hunter, a film aboout a preacher who victimized two young children with a secret.
1970's-1980's:
In this time period the very famous Steven Spielberg had created and directed TV thriller movie called Duel which starred Denise Weaver, Jaqueline Scott and Eddie Firestone, it was about a business commuter being persued by the driver of a massive trailor tractor.
Thriller movies in the 80's included Dressed To Kill, Blowout and Body Double. This is conventional to the development of the thriller genre because it shows how the thriller film movement became so well known worldwide and made a massive impact on the television and theatre industry over the years.
1990's-Present:
Jonathan Demmes released The Silence of The Lambs in 1991. David Fincher bough se7en which is about a serial killer who conducted the 7 deadly sins and in 2008, the thriller film Funny Games was released.
How will this research benefit me in the making of my own thriller film:
The research that I have carried out about the history of the thriller genre will be conventional to the thriller movie that I am creating because this will help me gain more insight in what features that the directors of the films that I used in order to make their films as successful as they where.
This chart shows a box office report of the best selling thriller movies of in terms of ticket sales in cinemas.
The chart shows that Saw 3 was the best selling thriller film, this would be because of the editing styles used and as the previous films were also very successful, the thriller audiences woould have highly anticipoated the premiering of this film.
The lowest selling film was The town, this film may not have been as successful as other types of thriller films because the actors used may not have been as popular as others and may not have been the usual faces that are seen in a thriller film.
I think this research can benefit me in the development of my thriller film because I can analyse aspects of "the town" that were not successful and make an effort to avoid repeating these things when making my own thriller film, I can also use the positive aspects of Saw 3 to produce a successful film.
This post demonstrates some understanding of how thriller have changed and developed over the years. You have identified a variety of films, which helps to show your understanding of conventional narratives. But you need to ensure that you have elaborated on the examples, by providing further detail on the plots, characters, themes, etc.
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Finally aim to reference all your research that you have included above and consider a film that is more current, than the one that you have listed.
You have started to consider the role of an audience, through the box office information that you have included above. However, you have not discussed the role of the narrative and the conventions that are relevant to the film. This needs to be included, to exapnd on the points that you have included.
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