A thriller is a genre of film, a typical thriller film consists of a list of semiotic codes that most thrillers follow and have become iconic to the genre, such as; they often start with a slow paced opening sequence, the lighting is very low-key, it is very common for them to contain non-diegetic sound in the background, e.g. Organs or brass bands, used to set the mood, this is reinforced by, very minimal, ambient sound, setting the location. Quite often there is narration to help explain or expedite the narrative. The director of a thriller film attempts to create an uncomfortable, yet engaging atmosphere, this is established by the use of suspense, intriguing the viewer to watch on. Also, they always contain scenes with tension, which also sets the mood of the film. Until they build up to the climatic thrilling definitive point in the film, or one of them.
There are many sub genres of the film genre thriller, for example -
·Action Thriller
·Adventure thriller
·crime thriller
·disaster thriller
·drama thriller·sci-fi thriller·psychological thriller·spy thriller
And many others.
Film's such as sin city and the village are two different types of thriller, but they both follow similar conventions, although sin city does not have a title sequence, the film starts on a rooftop of a city, with very low key lighting, very few colours, most of the sound is either non-diegetic music or ambient sounds. It does contain some diegetic dialogue, unlike the opening to the village, but in that case they focused on sound creating ambience. Both beginnings start very slow-paced and build up until the crescendo.
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