Saturday, 8 February 2014

Introduction To Thrillers

What Is A Thriller?
Thriller is a broad genre of film, television and literature, that uses suspense, tension and excitement, as it's main elements, to stimulate the audience's moods giving them a high level of anxiety, surprise, terror, anticipation and uncertainty.

Examples Of Thrillers
Thrillers were first introduced in 1928 with 'The Bat', directed by Roland West. As well as 'The Bells' , directed by James Young, and 'The Lodger', directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
More recent examples of Thrillers include titles suc ph as Black Swan, Taken and The Purge.

What Is A Cliffhanger?
A Cliffhanger is an ending to a programme or film that leaves the audience in suspense.

What Is A Red-Herring?
A Red-Herring is something that leads the audience into believing something that is not necessarily true, and leads to a shocking surprise.

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