The Thriller Genre

The thriller genre mainly consists of fast paced, adrenaline pumping action, usually with a great amount of suspense shifted throughout scene to scene. There are all kinds of thriller, such as; The legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller. The list goes on and on. All of these kinds of thriller  involve the ‘thrill’ that gives the genre ‘thriller’ its name.
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The camera-work in thriller films normally consists of close-ups to further add tension and to show facial expressions of characters. Normally, when close-ups are shot, it gives a sense to the audience that something extreme is going to happen within that scene. Extreme Long shots however are just for setting the scene and to signify feeling of a situation in distance. The camera often moves swiftly during an establishing shot with music playing over the top. The editing within the camera shots would juxtapose the pace of the scene. For instance, if the editing and general scene was fast paced then the editing would be also, and vice versa. The mise-en-scene would usually consist of props such as guns, cars, weaponry etc, with blood also being a popular part in a thriller.

 The music would typically be orchestra based, similarly to the James bond series and many others including the classic 1960’s film ‘Psycho’