Codes and Conventions of the 'Thriller' Genre

Definition of a thriller: 

'A novel, play or film with an exciting plot, typically involving crime or spies. A thriller usually consists of battle between the protagonist character and the antagonist character. Throughout the thriller a chain of bad events will occur which will build up the tension of the thriller. This means that the main aim of a thriller is to create suspense and excitement for the audience.'

Sources:

http://www.slideshare.net/JasonsA2Media/codes-and-conventions-of-the-thriller-genre

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=what+is+a+thriller+slideshare&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=935&bih=938&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAGoVChMI7fuhiqLdxgIVZCPbCh2RZwAe&dpr=1#safe=strict&q=what+is+a+thriller+

Brief history of the ‘Thriller’ genre:

In 1926 the very first thriller was written by a man named Alfred Hitchcock which was named ‘The Lodger’, this film was a Jack the Ripper type story meaning it was filled with a lot of suspense. In 1928 one of the first ever spy films was made which was named ‘Spies’, one year later in 1929 the second thriller was released by the same man Alfred Hitchcock , this film was called ‘Blackmail’ not only was it the second thriller film it was also the first ever British film with sound. From 1935 onwards the majority of films that Alfred Hitchcock released were only thriller films. 

http://www.slideshare.net/LamarAndreJohnson/history-of-thriller-films

Codes and Conventions of a Thriller:

https://roisintreacy.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/media-codes-and-conventions-of-the-thriller-genre.png     (Here I have found a picture online of the codes and conventions of a thriller) 

The main conventions of a thriller are:

• -         Low cut lighting
• -         Quick cuts
• -         Shadows
• -         Tension music
• -         Changes in the angle of shots
• -         Diegtic sound of breathing
• -         Black and white shots
• -         Montage of shots
• -         Protagonist is in the mercy of the Antagonist

http://www.slideshare.net/JasonsA2Media/codes-and-conventions-of-the-thriller-genre

Comparison of a Horror Genre:

The difference between the genres Horror and Thriller is that horrors contain more violence. This also means that there will be a lot more blood and gore throughout the film where as thriller is more psychological  meaning there is more thought and explanation in it. 

http://www.slideshare.net/KirstyAllen1998/differences-between-thriller-movies-horror-movies

The main conventions of a horror are:

• Secluded location
• Characters forget about threat
• Power is cut
• Phone lines are cut
• Someone investigates the strange noise
• Someone runs upstairs instead of outside
• Victim cowers in front of a window or door
• Victim inexplicably falls over
• Vehicle wont start
• The fake scare
• Someone is killed within the first 5 minutes

http://www.slideshare.net/kbamediastudies/codes-and-conventions-in-horror-films 

example trailer: When A Stranger Calls:

Sound Presentation

Sound from annabelleandjemima

Godwin's Theory applied to Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars song 'Uptown Funk'

Using Adobe Premier

We were given the task to edit a video clip at the best of our ability. However the software that we would be using was called ‘Adobe Premier’ which I had never used before meaning that I had to try and understand how to use the software.

 The first thing I did was upload the video footage and then using the snip called I separated the clips into the correct parts and then the parts where they made mistakes. The footage also had two angles so I made sure that I separated both the angles meaning It would then allow me to move each clips so the audience would be able to see the face of the person that is talking.

After I had edited the clips, I would play the whole footage back to myself however it would take some clips quite a while to play all together, this was because there was a gap between each of the clips. This is when I had to delete and close the gap which then meant that when I watched the whole video back to myself it then flowed nicely.

On some of the clips it was quite hard to use the snip tool to try and edit the footage. I then learnt that if I double clicked on the clip then it meant that I could edit the clip even more. Using the set in and set out tool it allowed to edit the smallest of mistakes which was really useful.