What makes a thriller thrilling (Analysis Of Green Street Fight Scene)

What makes a thriller thrilling?

What makes a thriller thrilling? this could be anything but it is all down to the editing. The things the editor will have to think about when editing a movie would mostly be creating tension. Tension is key in Thriller movie. To get a better understand on how editors create tension using different techniques such as mise-en scene i will analysis a scene out of a thriller move and describe what makes a thriller thrilling?

Green Street Fight Scene 1

This is a very violent film which includes good editing to increase the tension. The first time we come across a thrilling part is right at the start this is when the young defenseless man is being surrounded by a gang. The way the camerawork is being used in that section of the scene is clever because they place the camera so it looks like we are part of the gang attacking this attract the viewers feelings because it seems like the viewer is the one doing the damage to the young man when the viewer should be feeling sorry for him. Then we the young mans friend comes in and helps him and it turns into a massive fight the editing becomes quicker this is to create tension and also to create a feel off uncontrollable violence, this works well because it gets the viewer suspended to knowing whats going to happen as the camera work makes it seem like its all over the place. The camera man also focuses on one man this is to point out to the viewer that he is the most important and influential person in the movie and scene. Also what makes a thrilling is the location, the location can set the tone of the scene for example in Green street we know that it is gang related movie which focus on football violence so they put the fight down an alley way this will also connote violence because it is out of the way and no one will see.

Key words for making a thriller thrilling

Heart-pounding Emotional.
involvement (Involving the viewer).

 Tension.

 Not knowing what will happen next.

 Suspense about what will happen next.

 

WHAT EXCALTY DOES MAKE A THRILLER?

 

It is difficult to state a clear definition of a thriller because thrillers cross over many genres of writing. However, the single greatest characteristic of a thriller is the obvious one. It "thrills" as one reads it. The plots are scary, the characters are at great risk and the novels are constructed in a manner that makes the reader really want to turn the page. Thomas Harris's SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, Ken Follett's THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE and Peter Benchley's JAWS are all classic thrillers.

I can state that there is no formula for a thriller other than the same good storytelling features found in all good novels, i.e., a story that starts with a serious problem, a protagonist (our hero) who tries to solve the problem only to find that it gets worse and worse and worse. The plot rises to a dramatic confrontation with the antagonist (bad guy), usually on the bad guy’s territory, and ends with a short denouement (wrapup).

Thrillers can be divided into countless categories; i.e., action thrillers, psychological thrillers, military thrillers, spy thrillers, sci-fi thrillers, romantic thrillers, etc.

It's easier to recognize a thriller than to describe it. But there are some general characteristics that most but not all thrillers have. These usually include a plot that concerns itself with life-and-death issues. Sometimes thrillers involve murder mysteries. Nearly all thrillers put the protagonist and other sympathetic characters in serious danger. And most thrillers have seriously malevolent antagonists.

Thrillers usually have a great deal of action, cinematic landscapes or cityscapes or interior "mindscapes." Thrillers are very dramatic even when they focus on someone's mind as in a psychological thriller (like Hitchcock's PSYCHO).