Opening ideas of a thriller sequence
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What is a thriller?
The definition of Thriller is a genre of literature, film, and television that uses suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements. The primary genres are mystery, crime, and psychological thrillers.
These thrillers have been designed for a purpose, usually designed to keep the reader or viewer on edge with suspenseful and sensational action. Many thrillers have not only just been produced in film but also been produced on the radio, theatre and most commonly television media. Thrillers is a genre incredibly well recognized and a large genre in today’s media industry, many of these thrillers often overlap with pieces of work produced by other or similar genres, for example mysteries. People watch thrillers for a reason, normally as they appreciate the fast pacing and complex plots associated with his genre. Within thrillers there are many characteristics; typically they involve sudden twists within the plot and lots of misdirection and enigma codes which keep people unsure about what is going to happen. Within thrillers there is also a lot of action going on, which is often chaotic and they typically feature resourceful heroes and exotic settings. All thrillers are not similar, and there plots can vary widely, for example some are supernatural, others are scientific or medial in nature. Although some are simply straight mysteries with clever, horrific, or intriguing antagonists although some others focus on the inner workings of the legal system, environmental threats, technology, or natural disasters. Some thrillers are extremely intellectual and of very high quality, encouraging more educated people to enjoy them.
Many thriller books are adapted into movies, and thrillers can also be turned into comic books and television shows.
Examples of particular thrillers which i have watched is se7en.
Seven is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, which hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
storyline- A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...
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Here is a youtube clip on the opening credits of se7en.
Another example of a thriller is Fightclub (1999)
Fightclub is about an office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
Storyline- A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion
Here is a poster of the front cover of Fightclub and the trailer of this movie.
These thrillers have been designed for a purpose, usually designed to keep the reader or viewer on edge with suspenseful and sensational action. Many thrillers have not only just been produced in film but also been produced on the radio, theatre and most commonly television media. Thrillers is a genre incredibly well recognized and a large genre in today’s media industry, many of these thrillers often overlap with pieces of work produced by other or similar genres, for example mysteries. People watch thrillers for a reason, normally as they appreciate the fast pacing and complex plots associated with his genre. Within thrillers there are many characteristics; typically they involve sudden twists within the plot and lots of misdirection and enigma codes which keep people unsure about what is going to happen. Within thrillers there is also a lot of action going on, which is often chaotic and they typically feature resourceful heroes and exotic settings. All thrillers are not similar, and there plots can vary widely, for example some are supernatural, others are scientific or medial in nature. Although some are simply straight mysteries with clever, horrific, or intriguing antagonists although some others focus on the inner workings of the legal system, environmental threats, technology, or natural disasters. Some thrillers are extremely intellectual and of very high quality, encouraging more educated people to enjoy them.
Many thriller books are adapted into movies, and thrillers can also be turned into comic books and television shows.
Examples of particular thrillers which i have watched is se7en.
Seven is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, which hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
storyline- A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" sermonizes to Detectives Sommerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while green Detective Mills scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...
#Here is a youtube clip on the opening credits of se7en.
Another example of a thriller is Fightclub (1999)
Fightclub is about an office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.
Storyline- A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion
Here is a poster of the front cover of Fightclub and the trailer of this movie.
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