Introduction to thrillers

A thriller is a genre there are many different types of genres including ones such as horror, comedies and science fictions. Thrillers are a genre of movie that often has an exciting plot and usually involves a crime.The genre itself is a popular genre and many people enjoy watching. In personal opinion I believe thrillers are only god if there done well.
Some of my personal favorite thrillers 'se7en' starring Brad Pitt, 'silence of the lamb' starring Jodie foster' and 'Anthony Hopkins’,’ shutter islands' starring 'Leonardo De Carpio' and 'limitless' starring 'Bradley Copper'These movies often contain cliff hangers, this leave the audience wanting to see more they also make the reader think more about the plot and the way its been presented. What is a cliffhanger? A cliffhanger is when the director builds suspense and drops it in order to encourage the viewer to watch on. Many also involve a red herring, this is when the audience is lead to think one thing and then a twist is introduced showing an unpredicted outcome. 'Shutter islands is a good example of a thriller that has a red herring.

 Narrative.

The narrative is the way events are revealed to the audience. The narrative can be shown in linear or non-linear order.  Linear is when the events are shown in order, this is the most popular form of narrative.  Non-linear is when the sequence of events is shown out of order.  ‘pulp fiction’ is a good example of a film shown in non-linear.

effects.

Thrillers use different effects such as lighting and music this allows the audience to feel the way the director wants. For example lighting can be used to create shadows this may be used to create a spooky effect: 

 

These lighting effects are used to make the audience thing that someone is there without showing them the face or any details about the person. These are used lot.

Music is also a useful effect when making a thriller, the music is usually fast pace when danger is about, also there is usually slow music when building up to danger. Different speeds of music often represent different things to the audience.