Thriller Definition

•             Exciting plot
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•             Thriller films that primly use action and suspense to engage the audience
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•              Emphasis nervous tension and anxiety

•              Distinct from horror and movie movies – but links to them (has fear and exhilaration too)
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•              They often evolve topic such as – crime, disaster movie, action adventure, dangerous and creating suspense
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•              Often has elements of other genres – hybrid genre
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•           Suspense is the main theme – can’t show everything in order to create suspense

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•       Hitchcock ---- likes how thrillers put ‘the common man into the protagonist position’   

•       Action movies are too unrealistic and skilled - thrillers have more common protagonists

  

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