Alfred Hitchcock;

Alfred Hitchcock was a well known Thriller film producer who was the "Master of suspense", he became the benchmark for 'psychological' thrillers. He believed that should "always make the audience suffer as much as possible"

Hitchcock used three main devices "Maguffin", "Enigma" and "Red Herrings"

-A Maguffin is a device that is used to motivate the character and advances the story, however has little or no relevance to the actual story line.

-Enigma referes to a mystery or a puzzling occurrence that the protagonist commonly has to find out or solve before the narrative is resolved and the film ends.

-Red herring is usually used to divert the audience from the truth or an item or significance, it can often work with other devices to create suspense.

Research;

I done some research to find out exactly what a thriller was, I started by looking on wikipedia where i found out that a "Thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements"

In our lesson we spoke about what things we think make a thriller, we concluded that a thriller is usually made up of a twisted plot that includes violence, menace, crime, murders, dramatic sounds, anticipation, suspense and tension that gets the audience wanting more! We also discussed the characters that usually appear in thrillers such as the villain or femme fatale, innocent victims, psychopaths, stalkers, assassins and many more twisted personalities. However thrillers aren't all bad as they more than likely result in a happy ending where the villain is either killed or arrested giving the audience a sense of relief.

'No Country For Old Men'

During our lesson we watched the first 5 minutes of the film "No Country For Old Men", This is a perfect example of a thriller. At the start of the film we are shown many empty deserted places, this gives the audience a sense of mystery and also fear as if anything bad was to happen, there would be no one to help.  The villains identity is hidden at first; only letting us see his silhouette causing us as the audience to become very curious of the mysterious character. However when we do finally see the villain, we see him killing his first victim with no remorse, followed by his second victim who he dragged into his trap by leading him to believe he was a police officer then solemnly committing his second murder.  This is interesting as it shows that this character has a very twisted personality and makes us wonder what kind of things this man will do next, keeping us on the edges of our seats. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQNvn4eb8LQ

Coursework Brief;

During this term I will be producing a two minute opening sequence of a thriller. My blogg should hopefully show the process and progression of my thriller film and i will be researching all about thrillers, camera use and lighting to ensue that i know all the best techniques to use in my thriller.

Hello (:

Welcome to my blog (:

Here I will be taking you through every step of my media project which is to create a two minute opening sequence of a thriller, however I'm not quite sure of what it's going to turn out like but I hope to get some ideas soon.

My blog will hopefully consist of text, videos and photos and I'll try and keep it as up to date as possible. Enjoy!