Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Thriller genre

Conspiracy - either hero or heroine, journalist investigator trapped in a powerful organisation, enemies, secret organisations, lies and propaganda,
Identification of good to over rule the evil of the world, secrecy of governments and secret organisations in history.

Crime thrillers - focus on criminals and their activities, emphasise action over pscychological aspects, serial killers and murders, robberies, chases, shoot outs, heists, double crosses.

Disaster thriller - survival in conflict with natural or artificial disasters, causes of human activity, future going to bring. 

Mystery thriller - relates to crime, detective or private investigator, solver mystery, circumstance of the mystery of crime, makes the audience think, dramatic effect.
Put in the role of detective.

Political thriller - stability of government, reliance on hero or heroine that is employed to prevent bad things happening, common scenarios eg elections and prevention of world wars.

Psychological thriller - plays with audience mind, produces suspense, shows mentality of the character and the thought processes.

Religious thriller - plots closely religious objects, institutions and questions. Unravel good and bad points of religion.

Supernatural thriller - otherworldly element that shows something, tension and suspense, unsuspected twist, villains have supernatural gift, closely linked to religious thrillers.

Techno thriller - manipulation of sophisticated technology playing a prominent part of taking over the world, mainly based on fictional speculations on life, common themes; world wars, action, and science fictional occurrences such as aliens. 

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