Monday 17 December 2012

Genre Theory

As I was looking at Genre and the theories behind it, I read through these slideshare presentations for more information and tips.

The Suspense Thriller


More PowerPoint presentations from Jon Champion

The suspense thriller is original in comparison to other genres too. He quoted "We are looking at our own world, a world which is not alien to us." Th suspense thriller usually takes place in the same time period as the time that te film was released unlike western , science fiction or fantasy films that are often in a particular time period. 

He tried to explain how the suspense thriller often involved crime in which the protagonist becomes a victim or non professional criminal. For example in The Bourne Ultimatum, he is being hunted down by government agency as he knows information. This is also like man on the run.
Within thriller, there are 9 sub genres. The slideshare below shows the hybrids within thriller and more about them.



Thriller sub genres from Agon Koshi

This slideshare also helped me and George look into the sub genres and learn more about them while considering whether we could use any in our own thriller opening.

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