Genre

 What is a genre?
A genre is a type, style or category of film. For example thriller, horror, Sci-fi, romance and action are some of the genres.

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What is a narrative?
a narrative is the way the film is set out. you can get linear narratives which is when the story is in order and non linear is when it's not in order it starts later in the story line at the begging then it goes back to the begging.

Type of genre
probably the most watched genre in film is thrillers. thrillers normally contain a resourceful hero, a villain that is better equipped, a macguffin, cliffhangers, redherrings and a very interesting plot. editing is also a very big part of thriller, they are usually faced paced and with unusual music that matches the film. a very well known directed that is very good at making thrillers is Alfred Hitchcock. he has made some of the best thrillers ever made such as, psycho, north by northwest, birds and vertigo. because of these films Alfred is known as the "Master" of thrillers. below is a trailer of one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest Movies.

Thriller Conventions

Thrillers is one of the most popular genres. a thriller doesn't just have to be a film it can be a book or a play.

what do thrillers have?
thrillers are very fast pacing, for example its always exciting something is always happening. also action is very frequent. thrillers contain a resourceful hero who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains, the hero is usually accompanied by a very attractive women who is younger than them. Furthermore a thriller is a villain driven plot.

Thriller uses devices such as:
thrillers use devices such as suspense, this grabs the audiences attention and draws them in because they want to know whats going to happen. Thrillers also use red herrings which are when the audience is fooled as well as the characters in the thriller. cliffhangers are very popular in thrillers as well as they put the audience on edge. Thrillers are often take place in exotic  settings such as foreign cities.

The heroes in most thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger e.g policemen. sometimes ordinary citizens are dragged into the problems. Traditionally its known to be men heroes but recently women have become increasingly popular for example Sigourney  weaver stared as the main hero in alien

how thrillers differ to mystery stories
thrillers differ from mystery stories, they are distinguished by the structure of their plots, for example in a thriller the hero must thwart the future plan of the enemy rather than uncover a crime that has already happened like in a mystery

Thrillers are also on a much larger scale for example someone may try to blow up america where as in a mystery someone may just killed 1 person. danger and violent confrontations are standard pot elements of a thriller.

 thrillers and mystery's have 2 different climaxes. a thrillers climax is the hero defeating the villain where as in a mystery the climax is when the mystery is solved.

there are all different types of thrillers legal, police, horror, political, high-tech, action-adventure, military, romantic, spy.

Media Theory

Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes was born November 12th 1915 in Cherbourg-Octeville, Normandy, France. he worked as a french literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic and a semiotician. Roland discovered the "enigma code" that applies to all thrillers. the enigma code is a mystery in the film. the main aim of the enigma code is to make the audience ask themselves question for example " who is she?".

Todorov's Narrative Theory

Tzvetan Todorov was born March 1st 1939 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a Franco-Bulgarian historian, philosopher, literary critic, sociologist and essayist. In 1969 todorov produced a theory which he believed to be able to be applied to any film. There are 5 stages of Todorov' theory.

1- A state of equilibrium ( everything is normal).

2- A disruption of that order by an event.

3- A recognition that the disorder has occurred.

4- an attempt to repair the damage of disruption 

5- a return of restoration of a new equilibrium.

Welcome Post

about me:

My name is James Casal and i am16 years old. i am currently studying at Robert Clack 6th form. i study BTEC Sport, business studies, ICT and Media also i am apart of the Rugby Academy. One of my favourite films is "The Conjuring". i am a big fan of the horror genre, i also watch "The Walking Dead" TV series.

The Brief 

 You have been asked to produce the titles and opening sequence of a new fiction film in the thriller genre

The sequence should last a maximum of two minutes.

You may work in a group of 2 - 4 students.

As acting is not assessed you are free to use actors that are not members of your group.

The film is worth 60% of your coursework grade.

The accompanying blog is worth 40% of your coursework grade

Together the Foundation Portfolio is worth 50% of the overall AS Level.