Rear Window and Disturbia have given me so much inspiration for my thriller!
I really really love the idea of a normal setting - probably suburban (don't know why) - and then something really twisted and warped going on behind closed doors. I think it's a great chance to be creative and i think it also taps into fears of the audience right now which is a big part of a successful thriller. So i think most of my initial ideas will be based around this area.
Some other examples are:
- Lantana
- Blue Velvet
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Narrative Theories
- Ellis - Narrative Image
- Field - 3 Act Plot Structure
- Propp - Character Types
- Barthes - Action + Enigma codes
- Todorov - Narrative Structures
- Levi-Strauss - Binary Opposites
I believe...
...that the most important things necessary for a successful thriler are enigma and suspense
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A few important examples:
Themes:
- Deception
- Obsession
- Ambiguity
Characters:
- Socio-paths
- Femme fatal
- Stalkers
Iconography:
- Shadows
- Water (Lakes etc)
- Blood smears
Events/Sounds:
- Screaming
- Stalking
- Body discovery
Themes:
- Deception
- Obsession
- Ambiguity
Characters:
- Socio-paths
- Femme fatal
- Stalkers
Iconography:
- Shadows
- Water (Lakes etc)
- Blood smears
Events/Sounds:
- Screaming
- Stalking
- Body discovery
Cinema
My top 5 thrillers
- 1.) Primal Fear
- 2.) SAW series
- 3.) Disturbia
- 4.) The Butterfly Effect
- 5.) The Talented Mr. Ripley
Alfred Hitchcock
"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible"
"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare"
"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on"
"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare"
"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on"
I've seen...
- Point Blank
- The Blair Witch Project
- Scream
- The Omen
- Red Eye
- When A Stranger Calls
- Lock Stock
- Clockwork Orange
- The Skeleton Key
- The Village
- Panic Room
- Saw I
- Saw II
- Below
- Open Water
- Signs
- Disturbia
- Fatal Attraction
- Flightplan
- The Butterfly Effect
- Gothika
- Hide and Seek
- Lock Stock
- Memento
- The Shining
- Primal Fear
- Psycho
- The Illusionist
- Rear Window
- Scarface
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Me
My name's Alix and i'm 16. I love media and films but before we started this project i wasn't particularly interested in the thriller genre or any of it's related genres (horror, gore, slasher etc). But i am actually really enjoying it, i love the suspense and i can't wait to start shooting! :D
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1 comment:
yep - good idea, location wise this makes things really possible as you can use an ordinary house, street, etc ms b
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