Individual Thriller Pitch 25 Treatment

Detective comes home, finds his son and wife hung. fights for vengeance and kills his families murderer. But discovers untold secret that scars him forever.

9 frame analysis - Law Abiding Citizen

After observing the three different types of thrillers crime, psychological and espionage thrillers. I have chosen to do my 9 frame analysis on a crime thriller, I researched what films fall into this category and found Law Abiding Citizen. I watched the film and focused on what made it a thriller. I analyzed the opening scene to this film.

Psychological Thriller Brainstorm

Marking Criteria And Analysis Of Candidates Exam

I am aiming for a level 4 in my exam but i need to identify what i need to show in my exam to achieve this.  There is 50 marks and the examiners split it into three elements what have certain maximum mark.

Explanation/Analysis/Argument (16-20)- I must show clear understanding of the question and present a clear answer. A understanding of the technical aspects used in the extract and able to identify them with excellent knowledge. Show strong knowledge of the extracts representations and discuss them in depth. clearly linked to the textual analysis and also i must make sure my answer relates to the question.

Use Of Examples(16-20)- continuous textual analysis from the extract and using different examples of the extract for different explanations not referring to the same one show a wide range of different examples from each technical area. Examples must be relevant to the question.

Use Of Terminology(8-10)- Use of terminology is relevant and accurate

Audience Expectations Of A Thriller

Audience Expectations Of A Thriller

The audience has certain expectations they will want in a thriller, the use of techniques, lighting and editing all fall into these expectations. The audience will hope to see: 

• There is usually a murder weapon a gun or knife
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• Location can be set anywhere but normally the directors want to make the background dark to tie in with the thriller mood so a lot of the scenes will be shot during the night and in urban cities
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• There is commonly death throughout a thriller or at some point during the film, these can be natural but usually murder because this builds up the feel of mystery 

• Police, detectives, victims, suspects, Protagonists, Antagonists, terrorists, assassins, stalkers, criminals, prison inmates and many more will help the thriller seem more real and the audience will expect to see them in thriller movies
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• In most films there are stereotypes but in thrillers there are definitely because there will always be hero's and villain's. The audience will expect the hero to become triumphant towards the end of the film and defeating the villain.There is also a stereotype of their appearance such as the villian will look evil, crocked maybe have symbolism such as a scar. The hero's will be fresh , strong willed and seem like they have determination to stop the villain. 
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• The editing can also be important because they help create the thriller genre with use of quick snappy shots and jump shots which create the tension and suspense for the audience
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• Another vital convention is the lighting, it has to be low key lighting and dark scenes which creates the suspense and mystery, concealing of the antagonists identity will entertain the audience draw them in as this will encourage them to watch on

• Thrillers also include another clever technique which make the audience side with a character and can feel attached to them, personal lives of the victims make the audience think they are more vulnerable. The thriller plot is also vital, it must consist with the ‘perfect crime’  which involves 3 different types of plots to keep the thriller strong all the way through.  The first is ‘Open Thriller’ this identifies the crime being committed and shows the audience who the character is who is associated with the crime this can create tension and suspense. The second is ‘Closed Thriller’ which is different to the first as it creates more mystery because we do not see the crime being carried out, all the audience views is the crime being discovered and because we are not aware of who done the crime it grabs our attention and gives us a sense of desperation to find out who it was. The third is the ‘Changing thriller’.  This changes the narrative between open and closed. For example by changing the plot from positive attitudes to negative.
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• Although thrillers aim to make the audience endure suspense and mystery they also want them to feel anxiety and feeling scared, by using camera shots they can achieve this. The camera shots will always consist of match on action, rule of thirds and 180 degree rule but they will use close ups to help make the audience scared, for example they could put it on the killers face to move the audience and so they feel for the victim and see them as more vulnerable and weak. 

The Taking Of Pelham is a good example of a thriller with all of these expectations it has the quick snappy shots when it comes to action scenes. Theres the example of the hero and villian the villian is john javolta as he holds hostages on a train with weapons such as a gun. The hero is the random guy who works for the train station and he comes triumphant at the end. Its set in an under ground where it is dark and low key lighting. Also in this trailer it shows the police and them interacting with the criminals. This is an open thriller because we see it all being happened and the man stealing the train and holding hostages. We also can be attached to the hero because of his family also and he wants to get back home these are all what people expect when watching a thriller