What is a thriller film?
A thriller is where a single minded goal is relentlessly pursued by a protagonist, in which usually there is an enemy force to fight against creating a fast paced narrative with frequent action. The film should keep the audience on the edge of their seats as the plot builds towards an intense climax, this could be done with literary devices such as suspense and cliff-hangers to achieve a slow build up to the climax of the plot. Horror films are often confused with thrillers, however horrors are more graphic and the audience will feel fear and disgust more than tension and suspense that is required in a thriller.
Thriller and suspense films are synonymous and have interchangeable categorizations. They are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, anticipation, high expectation for the climax, uncertainty and nerve-wracking tension.
Thrillers can come in many forms of sub-genre and hybrid genres such as espionage thrillers, crime/urban thrillers or action genres. Thrillers are not categorised by their content or subject matter but are defined by the producers approach in creating the film. The acclaimed Master of Suspense and the thriller genre is Alfred Hitchcock who managed to achieve characteristics of the thriller genre very efficiently.
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What about the positioning of titles in opening sequiences? What are the different options and how can they affect they pace/rhythm of the sequence?
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