Summary Of Research

From researching over the last few weeks about the openings of thriller films and the genre itself, I have gathered the information needed to be able to move on and start the planning process of the end product. I have researched the genre itself and about its conventions and styles, the openings of a range of thriller films, the art of the title sequence - what it is and whats involved in it and have collected a survey from people about what they like and don't like in thriller films and other important questions related to the genre and openings. I am now going to evaluated all the research my group and I have done to extract the wanted details which we can then use in our planning. This will ensure we have the correct information to make our end product successful.

The Thriller Genre

The thriller genre has many conventions which make it what it is such as near death experiences and problems the protagonist faces, physical and mental plot twists, mystery, quick editing speeds, tense music ect which all together make a film a 'Thriller'. It is important that these things are taken onboard when planning our final piece as it is critical these conventions are followed or are slightly manipulated for an original twist to meet the criteria of creating a thriller opening. There are also many styes of thriller films called thriller 'sub genres' which include Psychological thrillers, Conspiracy thrillers, Crime thrillers ect which we can chose from to make our final piece.

Openings of Thrillers
In our group we have analysed many openings to thriller films which has given us a broader idea of what things we could include. Some started off with a simple scenario such as 'Die Hard' which introduces the protagonist getting off a plane going to a party which does't included any scares or frights but rather uses low key lighting and creepy music to represent foreshadowing events of danger which would be an achievable style. We also saw an opposite in the film 'Skyfall' which has an animated credit scene which is a powerful, creative idea which would be harder but could still be done. A combination could make an original final piece.

Survey 

Our survey showed us that the majority of people preferred action and psychological thrillers the most which is a key piece of information for our group. This can show that it might be hard to create something original to fit into these genres however if we can think of something outside of the box it could be a success as people would enjoy our edit a lot.

Art of the Title Sequence 

There are many things involved in the making of this, it is how the title is introduced to the audience. Many factors such as the typography, the background, sounds used and editing makes this up and is important these all look good together/ all of the same style to make it worth having in the opening. We could experiment which different styles to make up our own for the final piece.