Common subgenres include:
· Psychological thrillers · Crime thrillers · Erotic thrillers · Mystery thrillers · Spy thrillers The horror and action genres often overlap with the thriller. Thrillers tend to be psychological, frightening, mysterious and at times involve espionage, terrorism and conspiracy Here are some links to YouTube channels that upload copyright free sound effects
![]() Here is a close up shot from thriller film 'Se7en'. In this shot, the focus is clearly on the emotions of the character. There is a plain, out of focus background so as not to distract from the facial expressions of the character. This kind of shot is often used like this in thrillers to show the sorrow of characters as it is simple and doesn't have too much going on. ![]() Here, we have the iconic close up from the shower scene in horror thriller film 'Pyscho'. The close up not only emphasizes the sheer terror on the woman's face, but it also adds suspense as we are not able to see what she is scared of. This adds suspense because as an audience we are only seeing the reaction and not what caused the reaction. Close ups are often used this way in thrillers, especially horror and psychological thrillers, as it adds a lot of suspense ![]() Here we have a very wide shot from thriller film 'Shutter Island'. In this shot, the subjects are barely visible, and the emphasis is definitely on placing them in their environment. As the title suggests, the film revolves around an island (used as a mental asylum). This shot is used to show how creepy the island is and also to emphasize how the characters are small in comparison to the island itself. VWSs are used in thriller films a lot to set the scene and to show the landscape/environment in which the film is set. ![]() Here, we have a wide shot from thriller film 'Salt'. In the mise-en-scene of this shot, we can see Angelina Jolie's character on a motorbike, speeding through traffic. The shot is close enough for us to see her expression, but not so close that this is the focus of the shot. The focus is clearly on the action. This is consistent with many thriller films as generally thriller films have some kind of action in them.
![]() This is POV shot from horror thriller 'The Purge'. In this shot, the character who's point of view the shot is from is looking through the peephole in the front door. This is often used in thrillers as it enables the audience to see things how the character sees them, which helps establish a connection. ![]() Here we have a mid shot from thriller film 'Reservoir Dogs'. This type of shot shows some part of the subject in more detail, whilst still showing enough for the audience to feel as if they were looking at the whole subject. In fact, this is what you would see in real life if you were having a casual conversation. This is used in all genres and is used in thrillers for the same reasons as any other genre. I wanted to look camera angles which would create meaning for our audience, so thought we would look at some typical camera shots in the thriller genre. This will help us when filming our production, as we will have a good knowledge of what camera shots are commonly used in thriller films.
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