A thriller is an exciting, suspenseful play or story especially a mystery story. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety.
The History:
In 1929 a British director named Alfred Hitchcock brought out his first thriller film called The Lodger, a silent thriller that followed a Jack The Ripper plot. Alfred was a successful director for thriller films.
In thriller films the plot is made so that the audience sits on their edge of their seats, witch builds towards a climax. Literally devices such as red herrings, plot twists, and cliff-hangers are used extensively. A thriller is usually a villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the protagonist must overcome.
In the 1940's Alfred Hitchcock continued to release more thriller films. some of these were;
- Forign Corrospondent (1940)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Saboteur (1942)
- Shadow of Doubt (1943)
Thriller films were so popular in the 1930's- 50's that through repetition, these thriller films were continued to set down codes and conventions used when creating a thriller film.
Key conventions to use in a thriller:
Red Herrings- a clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting.
Plot twist - an unexpected development in a book, film, television programme.
Cliff Hanger- a dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode.
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