This is where the hero of the film is shown to be normal and they are forced to act out of circumstance, and they will fall in love with the damsel in distress figure in the film. This technique is shown in Angels and demons where in the end the heor of the film ends up with the sub character who was a woman.
The Exotic-
This is something in the film that doesn't fit in with the narrative, this could be a person or even a place.
This is used in seven where detective Mills' wife is never seen outside the home and is always in white and looking pure and innocent and this derives from the narrative because of the murders.
Mazes and labyrinths-
This is when the narrative of the film is filled with twists and storyline dead ends so that it keeps the audience guessing and keeps them entertained. This can be seen in the movie The DaVinci code because there is a plot twist at the end of the movie.
Partial vision-
This i where the narrative of the film deliberatly hides certain information from the audience by only giving them slight ideas. This is shown in Se7en when the audience are shown the murder scenes and not the actual murders taking place.
Concealment and protraction-
This is the deliberate hiding of information from the audience that is vital to the narrative, this is normally in the form of te hidden identity of the killer of of the possible outcome of the film and this technique is shown in Se7en because we dont get to see the killer or know his name until the end of the movie.
Question answer model-
this keeps the audience asking questions of the narrative like whats going to happen and who is going to be killed next and these are frequently used in American psycho becaue the audiend didn't know who was next to be killed or what the killers motives for killing were.
Tranformed city-
This is where the setting of the narrative is a normal place that doesn't seem to have to much happening and it is turned upside down by a killing or something bad and this is uses in The DaVinci code because in the opening is a nice city (Paris) and an art gallery (The Louvre) and this nice setting is overshaddowed by the murder that takes place.
Definition of a thriller-
This is a genre of film, literature and television and it is a genre that uses suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements and this is for the audiences entertainment. Such uses of the thriller genre are as follows
- Seven- psychological/ crime/ religious thriller
- Jaws- thriller
- The DaVinci code- crime/ religious/ conspiracy thriller
The thriller genre can also have what is known as a hybrid. This is the combination of more than one genre or subgenre. The thrillers Seven and The DaVinci Code are hybrids because they have more than one element in them.
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