The wikipedia definition given is:
'A genre is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize literature and speech, but is also used for any other form of art or utterance. Genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries, they are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.'
There are many genres that come under 'thriller'. This shows that there is a variety of thriller films. Thriller films cover a very long list of different sub-genres.
Here are some of the favorite sub-genres:
- action - usually contains guns, explosions, expensive sets etc. (e.g.James Bond)
- political - hero or heroine must ensure safety of government that employs them.
- psychological - often require deep thinking and in order to suss the plot you often have to look beneth the surface. Tend to have interesting twists at the ending. Not what the viewers were expecting. These are filled with suspence and plays with the viewers mind.
- horror
- disaster
- drama
- legal
- crime
- supernatural
- sci-fi
- spy
- conspiracy
- religious
At the moment I find the psychological and horror sub-genres most interesting. This is because I like the thought that we can make the audience think about what’s going to happen after our intro with a psychological thriller because they will have to think outside the box to figure out who’s behind what.
Also I think the horror genre is very motivating because I’ve watched a lot of horror movies and I believe thinking about a storyline will be easier; however I think it will be harder to create on the screen.
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