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Monday, 21 October 2013

Reasearch: Narrative themes

Reasearch on Narrative themes:

What are themes and why are they important in film:
Themes are the main subject or idea of a film they are important as they define what the film is acctual going to be about and what the film will be like.

Why are themes dependent on genre:
Themes are dependent on genre because they need to have a genre to be able to choose the right thmes for the film that is being made they need a genre becuase with out the genre they could make a film terrible by for example if you put the theme of love into a thriller or horror genre it would not fit and would make the film strange and people will most probably not watch the film as they would not want to watch a film that is ment to scare them be about love and happiness.

Common themes in thrillers and there impacts on the audience:
The most common themes in thriller films are obsession, murder and survival these are all common themes as they are all used to create fear in a audience there has to be murder in thrillers or there will be no fear in the audience as they will feel like that all the characters are always safe survival is common as the victims are always trying their hardest to get away from the antagonist and not get murdered and obsession is common as the antagonist is always obsessed with the victims that he wants to kill.These themes are used to make the audience know clearly they are watching a thriller as these things will always keep theme on the edge of their seat waiting to see what happens next and make sure that they get scared throughout the film.

Conclusion:
Two themes that i want to use in my thriller is murder and obssesions as they are great themes to keep the audience on the edge of their seat and keep the scared throughout the film.

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1 comment:

  1. This post is started well, however is lacking in detail. You identify some conventional themes associated with thrillers, but you need more analysis.

    To improve;
    -identify more examples of themes within thrillers, even if you bullet points these because at the moment you only really look at obsession, murder and survival
    -discuss the audience in more detail. What are audience expectations and understanding of themes according to genre?
    -look to analyse a few thriller trailers from different sub-genres, what themes are evident?

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