Portfolio Project #2

I have thought more about what other genres I should delve into. Dear reader, what do you think about the genre called Thriller? Now I would play into the aspects of loneliness and isolation if I used thriller as my genre of project. If I were to go the route of thriller instead of drama, it would be a much quieter opening sequence. A much more eerie and darker type of opening. Maybe I could even mix-up dramas and thrillers together into my own opening? 

 

A general thriller movie audience attracts mostly men the age of thirty to fifty or younger than eighteen years old. The nail-biting excitement does attract younger audiences looking for an adrenaline boost, even if thrillers are marketed to older audiences with suspense or mystery tactics. Thrillers, as in the name, thrill people. So, I thought that I could make some sort of thriller for my opening. Maybe from the idea of the last post about portraying hallucinations, I could make a thriller using such imagery. 

 

Some conventions in making a thriller movie would be the suspense aspects. Thriller is known for any storytelling to have suspense. The main character is usually portrayed alone, isolated from the world around them. Common tropes of obsession, paranoia, and plot twists are some other aspects that thrillers are known for. The actual filming of any thriller movie is how someone would expect. Camera movement often mimicking a person’s gaze is a popular film style for thrillers. Different shots that is supposed to bring fear to the watcher, much like the one below.

 

But some recognizable movies from thriller aspect include The Godfather. Which, if you have not heard of the movie, is a gangster thriller about the don and his reluctant son. While to some it can be a slower paced movie, it is a classic with well framed shots. If I were to use anything from this movie as an inspiration, it would be the overall composition of the movie. 

 

Another very popular movie from the genre of thriller is The Shining. It is more recognizable as a horror film than a thriller, but the phycological deterioration of characters mixed with horror is what some consider a thriller. It is a movie about a family in an isolated hotel which drives the father to madness. From this movie, I like the shots that were used. If I were to take anything from this film as inspiration into my opening sequence, it would be the was the shots are created.

 

Credits:

Filmgrail. (2024, April 1). Cinema audience demographics analysis: Insights & data. FilmGrail. https://filmgrail.com/blog/cinema-audience-demographics-analysis-insights-and-data/ 

AmplifyXL. (n.d.). The target audience for thriller films: Who enjoys thrillers? AmplifyXL. https://amplifyxl.com/target-audience-for-thriller-films/ 

Jennifer. (2026, January 20). Bone Lake marketing: Thriller tactics drive sales success. Accio. https://www.accio.com/blog/bone-lake-marketing-thriller-tactics-drive-sales-success/ 

Hellerman, J. (2023, December 6). Defining the thriller genre in movies and TV. No Film School. https://nofilmschool.com/thriller-genre-definition 

IMDb. (n.d.). The Godfather (tt0068646) — IMDb. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/ 

IMDb. (n.d.). The Shining (tt0081505) — IMDb. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/