•Supernatural Thrillers: This type of thriller generally has lots of supernatural and paranormal elements. Supernatural means those things that have no logical/natural explanation, these films normally contain, vampires, ghosts, shape shifters, demons, sprits and anything of paranormal phenomena. Films such as; Dracula is a gothic supernatural thriller.
•Drama Thrillers: This type of Thriller is when the story mainly consists of drama and suspense. Unlike other fast pace thrillers, drama thrillers typically have a slow pace and contain more character development but have lots of plot twists.
•Action Thrillers: These types of thrillers are usually time bombs, which contain lots of violence, with a clear antagonist. These films normally have characters using guns and also lots of explosions with a large set for this action to take place. Films such as James Bond are well known for their action.
•Conspiracy Thrillers: These types of thrillers where hero/heroine confronts a large, powerful group of enemies whose true level of evil only he/she recognizes.
•Physiological Thrillers: These types of thrillers are normally, -until a often violent resolution- the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical. The Alfred Hitchcock films such as Suspicion and Shadow of a Doubt are known for this.
•Crime Thrillers: These types of thrillers have suspenseful successful or failed crime or crimes. These films often focus on the criminal rather than the good guy e.g. policeman. Crime thrillers usually emphasize action over psychological aspects. Central topics of these films include murders, robberies, chases, shootouts and double-crosses.
•Medical Thrillers: These type of thrillers are based around a protagonist who is usually a Doctor, who is working to unravel a growing medical problem.
•Disaster Thrillers: These types of thrillers are about a main event, which conflict is due to some sort of natural or artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., or nuclear disasters as an artificial disaster.
•Spy Thrillers: These types of thrillers usually involve the protagonist, who is normally a government agent. Who takes violent action against agents of a rival government or terrorists. Films such as The Thirty-Nine Steps are known for this.
•Political Thrillers: These types of thrillers usually involve the protagonist trying to ensure the stability of the government that employs them at all costs, by any means. Films such as The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon which actually established this subgenre.
Right now, I am most inspired to create a Supernatural Thriller, as I like the thought of ghosts, spirits and supernatural type things, however I am unsure of how we would create such effects, when editing and also, what type of storyline our sequence would have.
(For more sub-genres, description and examples go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrillers)
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