Section 1: The Thriller Genre

Thriller Sub-genre examples:

• Crime
• Supernatural
• Action
• Drama
• Disaster
• Psychological
• Horror
• Erotic

Ingredients of thrillers- Martin Rubin 1999

• The transformed city- The urban environment, 'transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. It is normally set in an ordinary city to show that the events that take place in the movie are modern genre of modern life.
• Northorp Frye the heroic romance- The hero is usually an ordinary person who is made to act differently because of circumstances. The heroes are usually a normal ordinary person so the audience can relate to it.
• John Cawelti- The modern city- The modern city is usually something with mystery as there has to be a introduction of the unfamiliar. For example an Enchanted forest. There has to be unusual locations or props. The exotic side could be the setting or perhaps the person. 
• WH Mathews- Mazez and labyrinths- Origins from Greek methodology are essential in a media. The hero is usually in some sort of predicament, faced with mazes and dead ends to reach their villain, can be a literal or a metaphor, including twists and turns.
• Pascal Bonziter- Partial vision- He tells us that the partial vision is crucial in a plot of a thriller. There are certain elements which we don't see but it is just as important as what we do see. Leaving questions in our mind lest unanswered. Also the characters are usually left in a certain element where they cant escape, and have to complete challenges to get out.
• Lars Ole Sauberg- Concealment and protraction- He states that is it necessary to use concealment and protraction within a thriller, with the suspense pulling the audience in different directions, deliberately hiding things or delaying a suspected outcome.Noell Carrol- The question answer model- The question answer model is vital in a thriller as the suspense is crucial as a question has been asked and the audience are waiting for a answer. For this ingredient there are 2 factors. One being,  the probability factor tells us that when something is expected its a lot less exciting than an event that goes against the odds. The second being, the moral factor makes the audience expect a morally right outcome, this increases audience involvement to the film.

My definition of a thriller:


I think that a thriller genre has to include all or most of the ingredients to build tension which will keep the audience interested. It has to be exciting from the start leaving the audience asking questions in their heads. Also i think that sound is a main key as it leaving the audience in suspense, also wanting to know more. The characters also need to be highlighted right from the start to easily be able to follow the story line. A thriller has to have the three main elements to keep the audience keen through out the film, there are; suspense, tension and excitement. The main example of a thriller would be Hitchcock's movies.