Thriller genre research

As part of my preliminary task I have researched Thriller codes and conventions in order to use them as a basis for my groups own production, I found that the most popular conventions involve false clues and unsolved problems, which confuses the audience and tension builds, I feel that it is most appropriate to extraordinary events happening in ordinary situations; which is what I plan to do for both my preliminary and main production task.

Thriller Genre

Thriller films all have a goal to provoke tension and anticipation from the audience: Thriller films have many sub-genres for example Action thrillers, conspiracy, crime, Drama, psychological, Horror,Spy, Supernatural etc. all of the above follow a similar narrative characters mostly are convicts, criminals, stalkers assassins or they could be completely 'normal' but certain events could change their personality and the way they react to things for example in the 2009 film 'The last house on the left' ordinary middle class parents find out that the gang that raped and nearly killed their daughter was seeking refuge in their house and this caused them to conduct a series of gruesome revenge tactics. Although the sub-genre is important for people to distinguish for example the difference between a disaster thriller and a supernatural thriller etc. it is more important for within a thriller that the focus is taken away from the stalker or the crime, but focusing more on the suspense and the anticipation generated.

The Horror genre is closely-related to this genre and is similar as it also provokes tension and anticipation from the viewer, the difference is that most horror films resort to provoking these emotions through blood and visual discomfort whereas thriller's is mostly psychological which personally I think is more confusing for the viewer and is much more discrete and sophisticated.