Genre Research-Thriller

There are many things that make a genre clear to what it is. For example, the genre Thriller has usually always has these factors to it.

Camera angles:

 -High angle/ Birds view: This is used in thrillers to give the effect that whatever is being looked down upon looks vulnerable or powerless compared to what is behind the camera.

-Close-ups: This angle allows the camera to give a clear view of the characters' emotions to the event happening.

-Tilted angle: This adds tension to the scene at hand and sometimes signifies a supernatural occurrence. This also makes the audience feel like the character as they look up at the subject.

-Over the shoulder: This angle is often used to show something standing behind the character and usually used in front of mirrors so the audience can have a view of everything.

Costumes

-Dresses; this can create a sense of purity and femininity to the character's role. White dresses make the character seem innocent which later gets colored red from blood making it feel horrific. 

-Long jackets: This makes the character mysterious, never showing their full body so the audience cannot see the character completely.

-Suits: Men wearing suits usually means they are in a position of high power/status

Lighting

-Lowkey lighting; This lighting creates shadows that makes the movie feel sinister and menacing

-Backlighting: this is when the light source comes from behind the subject creating a silhouette creating a mystery as to who the character is.

Makeup

-A lot of the makeup used in thriller movies is to create blood or scabs and wounds. For example, if the character gets injured by the antagonist they will have a bruise or wounds that will be portrayed by makeup.

Props

-Weapons: Knives, Guns, explosives, etc.

-Others: Money, phones, briefcase, computers, religious symbols, etc.

Setting

-Suburbs, cities, religious buildings, haunted houses, wear-houses, etc.

Editing

-Slow motion: Builds suspense. This also prolongs the scene causing tension and eagerness in the audience.

-Flashbacks: This type of editing can give insight to the audience about a character's past. or the storyline. Watchers will be able to piece certain things together making them more intrigued.

-Fast Cutting: This intensifies the situation. The audience will begin to think something is wrong or suspect something bad is about to happen.

Sound

-Diegetic Sounds: Sounds like sobbing, screaming, breathing heavily, gunshots, banging footsteps, etc create tension by showing emotion in certain situations.

-Non-diegetic sounds: Sounds like Violins, slow piano, fast-paced music, etc. These are used to add atmosphere to the viewing. The music builds up the scene for example if a murder is about to show, you might hear a fast-played violin or piano. 

Appealing Portions

-We really like the mysterious part to thriller. Creating a plot where there is a big secret or mystery will be a challenge but a fun one. Finding music will also be easy for this since there are many sounds to use from. 

Unappealing Portions of Thriller

-Stereotypes are heavy: In almost any thriller/horror movie you watch, the protagonist is a white male, the victim is usually played by a woman being stupid and annoying (used to make the audience scared since they jump easily), and usually, the only black character in a group will be killed off first.

-Gory: This genre can get pretty gory depending on the storyline which can be hard to make.

-Big Group: This genre also has many characters in it. There is always a group of people being haunted or chased by the villain and it might be hard to get so many to participate.

Examples:

-SPLIT, MA, Parasite