Thriller

Thriller
We have been looking at what constitutes a thriller.


'The thriller is a very difficult genre to pin down because it covers such a wide range of films. Thrillers are films of suspense that are supposed to instill terror into the audience.'
Susan Hayward
Key concepts in film studies


There are different types of thrillers such as:

• Spy thrillers, for example James Bond 
• Political thrillers such as Ides of march
• Conspiracy thrillers like state of play
• Legal thrillers such as The pelican brief
• Psychological thrillers, for example American psycho

An example of constitution.

Animated director, Chuck Jones, worked at Warner Brothers for decades making short movies starring Bugs Bunny and Co. He also made road runner cartoons and from the first episode, a set of rules emerged.

The rules were as follows:

• The road runner cannot harm or upset the coyote except by going 'MEEP!MEEP!'
• No outside force can harm the coyote, only his own ineptitude or the failure of acme products.
• The coyote could stop anytime if he were not a fanatic
• No dialogue ever except 'MEEP!MEEP!'
• The road runner must stay on the road, otherwise logically, he would not be called the road runner
• All action  must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters; the South West American desert.
• All materials, tools, weapons or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from Acme corporation
• Whenever possible, make gravity the coyote's greatest enemy. The coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.

Watching the episodes, the rules have been applied.