Thriller Genre Critics
Martin Ruben
Martin Ruben written a book where he took what each critic thought were the main cliches of an average thriller film and he combined them together.
Chesterton
GK Chesterton defended the thriller genre by claiming that it was a modern genre. He also believed that a typical thriller is set in an urban landscape, and it is where an everyday person is in a mundane life and something exciting is brought into this world.
Northrop Fryer
Northrop Fryer continues GK Chestertons work by also claiming how the hero is often an ordinary person, he also says how thrillers can be quite similar to romance fictions as the hero of romance is in a world where the ordinary laws of nature slightly alter. which leaves an empathetic effect on the audience
John Cawelti
John Cawelti combines Chestersons and Fryers theoriesbut he believed that there is a transformation from the city to an enchanted forest and mystery. This is achieved by introducing the exotic into the every day world, E.g. E.T, jumanji
Matthews
Matthews work relates to mazes and labrynths in fiction and he believed that to design a thriller narrative, you need to add twists and turns so that the audience doesnt solve the problem too easily but it is designed so that the audeince could deduce it.
Benitzer
Benitzer tought that matthews was describing something called 'partial vision' he also believed that what the doesnt know should be part of the thriller genre.
Larz ole Sourberg
Soulberg wrote that thrillers will contain a method of something called 'concealment' which adds to the effect. He believed that something should be delibrately hidden from the audience or delaying the outcome of something to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Noel Carroll
Noel carroll felt that their should be a 'battle againt the odds' for the characters, he thought that if he gave the audience a question, such as, 'will the hero survive?' this helps add mystery suspense and action to the film as this may not be morally right for the hero to survive.
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Section 2: Research into examples of thriller opening scenes
I have watched and made an analysis on the movie se7en which is directed by Stephen Fincher in 1995, is a thriller which is based around two detectives in an unknown dark city, which adds a lot of mystery towards the film, the detectives consist of huge contrasting elements, for example David Mills (Brad Pitt) is a young charismatic, ambitious man, whereas his partner Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is an old, lonely man who is happy living a quiet life.
The narrative is linear based and the storyline revolves around a murderer killing people based around the seven deadly sins which include, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, sloth, pride. The objects in which are used in the film are quite well used, for example the metronome in Somersets room amplifies the silence and peace of his life whereas this contrasts with the plane which loudly screams past Mills house which shows his fast paced lifestyle.
The narrative is linear based and the storyline revolves around a murderer killing people based around the seven deadly sins which include, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, sloth, pride. The objects in which are used in the film are quite well used, for example the metronome in Somersets room amplifies the silence and peace of his life whereas this contrasts with the plane which loudly screams past Mills house which shows his fast paced lifestyle.
Section 3: Brainstorm of ideas for your film
Our final idea was a killer who murders his ex girlfriend. She is his first victim. He sneaks into her house and stabs her to death.
TITLE: Till Death Do Us Part – Certificate 15
The reason why we have chosen a 15 Certificate is because our film is not as violent that only over 18's would be allowed to watch it. There are not included many brutal scenes apart from stabbing Adele at the end. We mainly focused on presenting thriller ideas such as suspense atmosphere when Henry is sneaking into Adele's house. We tried to make the audience think and become interested in the main character who is Henry, as well as his motives - why is he killing other innocent women as well?
Section 5: Treatment
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Treatment'Till death do us part' will be a film about a man who hates love and happiness and feels better when he kills bride to be's in his area.
ConceptA troubled young man called Henry kills his ex-girlfriend who is getting married and then he gets a taste for killing bride to be's.
SynopsisThe film in which we are making is based around the story of Henry Jenkins. Henry was a normal guy with an everyday office job until he was stood up at the altar at his wedding. Filled with venomous rage, he finds that his bride to be (Adele) is to get married, so he goes to the wedding and kills adele whilst she is getting ready. The groom (Tom Rhodes) swears vengance on Henry. Henry goes onto a killing spree, killing wives around his area. He eventually decides to settle down, and get married himself, whilst henry is getting ready for his wedding night, mike steps into the room and murders him as the credits roll.
Opening sceneThe film will begin with the wedding invite of Adele's wedding, then henry getting ready for her wedding then Adele getting ready and putting her necklace on. Henry then rips up the invite up as he is jelous. After this Henry picks up a rope and the shots change between Henry walking to Adele's house and Adele getting ready. Then he kills her.
Target Audience'Till death do us part' will be aimed as a 15 rating as there will be gore and violence in this film, but not too a ridiculous extent. There will also be quite a large amount of bad language in the film which will not be suitable for chrildren under 15. We want this film to be a 15 as we want it to appeal to a late teen audience or mid 20's.
Treatment'Till death do us part' will be a film about a man who hates love and happiness and feels better when he kills bride to be's in his area.
ConceptA troubled young man called Henry kills his ex-girlfriend who is getting married and then he gets a taste for killing bride to be's.
SynopsisThe film in which we are making is based around the story of Henry Jenkins. Henry was a normal guy with an everyday office job until he was stood up at the altar at his wedding. Filled with venomous rage, he finds that his bride to be (Adele) is to get married, so he goes to the wedding and kills adele whilst she is getting ready. The groom (Tom Rhodes) swears vengance on Henry. Henry goes onto a killing spree, killing wives around his area. He eventually decides to settle down, and get married himself, whilst henry is getting ready for his wedding night, mike steps into the room and murders him as the credits roll.
Opening sceneThe film will begin with the wedding invite of Adele's wedding, then henry getting ready for her wedding then Adele getting ready and putting her necklace on. Henry then rips up the invite up as he is jelous. After this Henry picks up a rope and the shots change between Henry walking to Adele's house and Adele getting ready. Then he kills her.
Target Audience'Till death do us part' will be aimed as a 15 rating as there will be gore and violence in this film, but not too a ridiculous extent. There will also be quite a large amount of bad language in the film which will not be suitable for chrildren under 15. We want this film to be a 15 as we want it to appeal to a late teen audience or mid 20's.
Section 6: Character outlines and script
EXT. STREET. EVENING
The camera shows a generic house, the area around the house doesn’t show wealth however does not signify poverty either. Creepy music starts, slowly bilding.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING
Pan shot moving from left to right showing an invitation to Adele Price & Tom Fury’s wedding.
Camera snaps to an extreme close up of a man fixing his tie, deliberately the camera cuts off at the neck, not showing the face. Music continues building.
EXT. STREET. EVENING
Show of a different house than the one above, area show’s more wealth.
Music slows, gets a little softer.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING
Shot of a girl putting on a necklace, framing the exact same as the 3rd shot.
Music becomes almost loving.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING
Over the shoulder view of somebody holding a picture with the necklace girl, guy takes it out of the frame.
Camera cuts to a close up of hands ripping up the picture. Music takes on a slightly sinister tone whilst keeping the undercurrent of loving from the previous shot. Gets more sinister as the picture gets ripped.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING
Close up, side on the girl in the picture, wearing the necklace, putting lipstick on in front of a mirror. Again the current of love and innocence becomes dominant in the music.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING.
Mid shot of legs, hands pick up rope.
Bird’s eye, dutch angled close up of the rope on a table.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING.
Pan shot, going from left to right, showing a mid shot of Adele.
EXT. FIELD. EVENING.
Camera stays static looking at the field, in the foreground is a path, a person walks past quickly. Camera lingers on the field for a two seconds longer.
EXT. HOUSE. EVENING
Extreme close up on a door handle showing somebody wear a glove opening it.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING.
Over-the-shoulder shot of killer holding rope up, camera’s focused on this rather than the girl in the mirror, who is blurred in the background.
Character Outlines
Henry Jenkins:
Henry, 21, the bride killer, is a very troubled young man who kills brides-to-be. He grew up in a council estate with an abusive father and a depressed mother who kills herself when Henry is only 7. The father, John Jenkins, takes his wife’s death out on the son. Needless to say, the boy grows up with some issues, he starts dating a girl named Adele Price when they are both 18. Adele is the town whore who dumps Henry after he tries to change her for the better. He snaps and swears revenge. 3 years go by and Henry is working in a boring office job at Dunder Mifflin when he hears that Adele is getting married. Henry kills Adele on her wedding day and sub sequentially gets a taste for killing brides. He goes on a killing spree…
Adele Price:
Adele, 21, the first victim, is a whore. She grew up being a lonely child and getting all the attention. She starts dating Henry Jenkins when she is 18 however they soon split as Adele can’t keep in one relationship too long. She dies.
Tom Fury:
Tom, 24 is an ex-SAS trained killer. He comes back from service doing top secret assassinations for S.H.I.E.L.D. and decides to marry the love of his life, Adele. After Adele is murdered he must go rampage blowing as much stuff up as he can to catch his wife’s murderer. He has lost everything and nothing will stop him…
The camera shows a generic house, the area around the house doesn’t show wealth however does not signify poverty either. Creepy music starts, slowly bilding.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING
Pan shot moving from left to right showing an invitation to Adele Price & Tom Fury’s wedding.
Camera snaps to an extreme close up of a man fixing his tie, deliberately the camera cuts off at the neck, not showing the face. Music continues building.
EXT. STREET. EVENING
Show of a different house than the one above, area show’s more wealth.
Music slows, gets a little softer.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING
Shot of a girl putting on a necklace, framing the exact same as the 3rd shot.
Music becomes almost loving.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING
Over the shoulder view of somebody holding a picture with the necklace girl, guy takes it out of the frame.
Camera cuts to a close up of hands ripping up the picture. Music takes on a slightly sinister tone whilst keeping the undercurrent of loving from the previous shot. Gets more sinister as the picture gets ripped.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING
Close up, side on the girl in the picture, wearing the necklace, putting lipstick on in front of a mirror. Again the current of love and innocence becomes dominant in the music.
INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING.
Mid shot of legs, hands pick up rope.
Bird’s eye, dutch angled close up of the rope on a table.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING.
Pan shot, going from left to right, showing a mid shot of Adele.
EXT. FIELD. EVENING.
Camera stays static looking at the field, in the foreground is a path, a person walks past quickly. Camera lingers on the field for a two seconds longer.
EXT. HOUSE. EVENING
Extreme close up on a door handle showing somebody wear a glove opening it.
INT. BATHROOM. EVENING.
Over-the-shoulder shot of killer holding rope up, camera’s focused on this rather than the girl in the mirror, who is blurred in the background.
Character Outlines
Henry Jenkins:
Henry, 21, the bride killer, is a very troubled young man who kills brides-to-be. He grew up in a council estate with an abusive father and a depressed mother who kills herself when Henry is only 7. The father, John Jenkins, takes his wife’s death out on the son. Needless to say, the boy grows up with some issues, he starts dating a girl named Adele Price when they are both 18. Adele is the town whore who dumps Henry after he tries to change her for the better. He snaps and swears revenge. 3 years go by and Henry is working in a boring office job at Dunder Mifflin when he hears that Adele is getting married. Henry kills Adele on her wedding day and sub sequentially gets a taste for killing brides. He goes on a killing spree…
Adele Price:
Adele, 21, the first victim, is a whore. She grew up being a lonely child and getting all the attention. She starts dating Henry Jenkins when she is 18 however they soon split as Adele can’t keep in one relationship too long. She dies.
Tom Fury:
Tom, 24 is an ex-SAS trained killer. He comes back from service doing top secret assassinations for S.H.I.E.L.D. and decides to marry the love of his life, Adele. After Adele is murdered he must go rampage blowing as much stuff up as he can to catch his wife’s murderer. He has lost everything and nothing will stop him…
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