Hello welcome back. Today the genre I have picked to research is thriller.
Thriller is meant to provoke intense emotions, whether it is despair or excitement. Thriller creates suspense and anticipation of the unknown. Anticipation can very through out from political problems to something supernatural. There is a variety of thrillers such as: psychological, action, supernatural, and many more. I would like to put my focus specifically on psychological thriller. All kinds of thriller have their own unique thing that sets them apart of the rest despite having certain things in common. For psychological thriller it would be how it really explores the human mind.
Typical audience for this genre are late teens to adults(15-45). Viewers who enjoy suspense, danger, adrenaline, mental health issues, and morality. Films with psychological thriller focus on mental and emotional states of the characters such as internal conflict. They tend to have unreliable narrators or distorted point of view of reality. Themes it usually revolves around are, sense of identity, obsession, internal conflict, etc. Protagonist is often mentally unstable and/ or isolated; antagonist typically is the protagonist's own mind if not than another character such as an abuser. Techniques found being utilized: lighting: low-kye lighting, cool tones, shots: close-ups, mid shots, handheld, sound: diegetic sounds, sudden silence, editing: jump cuts, flashbacks, slow pacing, mise-en-scene includes: small spaces, symbolic objects such as mirrors, pills, clocks etc.
The Narrative image tends to be dark and serious often perceived as "mind twisted." Trailers give as little information as possible, rather focusing more so on the vibe and mood of it. Poster's color theme includes black, grey, cool tone colors. Faces blurred or with memory fragments to give the eerie vibe.
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Black Sawn is an example of psychological thriller:
It explores an unhealthy obsession with perfectionism. Uses of mirrors and hallucinations which gets the audience who wonder what is real or not as it also has an unreliable narrator.
Another great example would be "Gone Girl"
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