1. Thriller films BAILEY MORGAN

2. Thriller  Genre defines films by their characteristics and by what the audience have come to expect from them.  The audience have come to expect suspense and tension from the thriller genre as it usually uses psychological effects on the audience and so the audience have come to expect a tense atmosphere.  1926-the lodger, 1931-M, 1944-Gaslight, 1946-The spiral staircase, 1951-Strangers on a train, 1958-Touch of evil, 1960-Phsyco, 1972- Frenzy and 1989-Dead calm

3. Timeline of thriller  Sub-genres/hybrids are combinations of genres like:  Crime-thriller – where there is a crime committed usually a murder and the officers of the law have to figure out a way to defeat the criminal using clues that they gather through out the film.  Disaster thriller is where the is a catastrophic natural disaster that puts humanity at risk and the scientists in the film have to figure out a way for humanity to survive.  Action thriller is usual of films as the focus is more on explosions and violence.  Medical thriller is a weaponised virus or bacteria usually and the protagonist has to come up with a cure, usually both the antagonist and protagonist are doctors.

4. Narrative, Character and Mise-en- scene  The hero is often a detective, normal person or doctor.  The anti-hero is often a criminal or illegal doctor.  The mise en scene is mostly dim/dark lighting the colour is often dull and ordinary the setting is usually in a big city or a secluded house and the costumes normally consist of trench coats and suits, the figure expression is normally quite awkward.

5. Mise-on-scene  Mise-on-scene is everything on scene at any time in a shot for example; props, actors, lighting all of these contribute to mise-on-scene.  In thriller films the mise-on-scene will usually consist of dim lighting, actors that play regular people and this all adds to the typical mood of a thriller film which is tense and suspenseful.

6. Sound  Sound commonly used in the Thriller genre is ambience and fast paced, sharp music which adds to the overall atmosphere of the thriller genre as it adds suspense and tension.

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