Our task is to produce the opening sequence of a thriller, including the titles, aimed at a 15 or 18 certificate audience. It is to be 2 minutes in length approximately.
Research of what is a 'Thriller'
Whilst looking up the definition of the thriller genre I found this:
"Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively."
Before finding this definition I thought thrillers were just horror films so I was rather interested.
Thriller Genre Conventions
There are so many sub genres of Thriller but these are a few examples I found from the site http://www.hackman-adams.com/articles/subgenres.htm
Action-Adventure Thriller -This is one of the hardest thriller sub genres to write because you need a lot of action packed in it! Story lines can involve treasure hunts, search for a lost archeological site, the worlds lost meteorite, or mysteries!! Example: James Bond, Indianna Jones.
Disaster Thriller - Storylines can involve tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunami's, e.t.c. Example: Earthquake.
Medical Thriller - Modern medical technology is supposed to make people morth into something deadly. Example: Awake.
Religious Thriller - Uses the rich and long history of religion to build stories with high stakes and deadly politics. Example: The Da Vinci Code.
Serial Killer Thriller - This is a very popular sub genre of thriller. This is where antagonists terrorize people in horrific ways, normally involving MURDER! Example: Psycho, Saw.
Techno Thriller - Basically where technology takes over the plot. Example: iRobot, Minority Report.
Target Audiences of Thrillers
There are a lot of kinds of thriller films and its sub-genres, so the target audience will vary according to the certain kind of a film. The age group of the target audience for a thriller is around 16-25 years, as 75% of the thriller-viewers sample were students.
Typically, age ranges break down as follows:- Kids 5-11 and mums- Tween 11-14- Teen 13-16- 17-21- 18-24 and 18-34- 25-54- 54+
For our Thriller, I believe it will be aimed at 15-40 year old both male and female. Here are some ratings of some popluar thrillers:
Mission Impossible: Fun action packed thriller: Rated 15!
The Butterfly Effect (a personal favourite of mine!): Rated R for it's violence. Maybe not so much for the younger ones...
Predator: Rated 18.
Issues of the Brief
The thing I am most worried about for my Thriller is that it can only be 2 minutes long. This means we will have to really cut things down in order to fit in so much action!
Another issue will have to be the music. This year we are not allowed to use copyrighted music unfortunatly therefore we will have to either create our own music or download copyright-free music from a website. e.g. MobyGratis.com
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