We went over the Thriller genre, going into its sub genres and what each involved. A few examples are :
Crime Thrillers
Horror Thrillers
Comedy Thrillers
Psychological Thrillers etc.
There are many different sub genres but they all contain the same general conventions of a Thriller. The conventions of a thriller are that they all have a main antagonist, who is usually left as a unknown factor till the end. Thrillers usually have deaths, eery music, a feeling of anxiousness, suspense and tension. They usually create tension and usually have a twist.
We also went over Narratives. Most but not all narratives have a common structure. We learnt about Todorov and his "Motion of Equilibrium". The motion of equilibrium is: Equilibrium ------ Disequilibrium ------ New Equilibrium. This basically states that the order in a film turns to chaose before it is either restored or a new order is brought in.
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