Thursday, 4 October 2012

Recipe for Thriller

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres.
  • Horror thriller 
  • Syfy thriller 
  • Action thriller
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of move powerful and better equipped villains.
  • Batman, Michael Scofield, The expendables, Superman, Jason Bourne
Devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff hangers are used extensively. A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles the hero must overcome.

The genre is flexible and can engage the audience through a dramatic rendering of psychological, social and political tensions. Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience, "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it's like"

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