Thriller Extra

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By Edna



Different types of Thriller.

legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romanticthriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller

Different types of Thrillers

Legal Thriller:Michael Clayton This

2007Spy thriller:

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medical thriller

romantic

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MementoMemento is a ps ychological thriller based on a man suffering from anterograde amnesia, who uses notes, pictures and tattoos to huntf or the man he thinks killed his wife. Memento is classed as aps ychological thriller because of the film has elements that relate to the mind which are usuall y mental problems e.g Lenny . A lso

within ps ychological thrillers characters tend to resolve conflict with their own mind. Usuall y, this conflict is to tr y and understandsomething that has happen to them.

Protagonist/Anatgonist:Of ten in thriller genre mo vies the protagonist (Lenny) has a weakness, in this film his memor y . This then leads other characters such as the antagonist (Teddy and Natalie) take ad v antages of these

weaknesses.



Opening sequenceOpen sequence are shown in the ver y beginning and listthe most important members of the production. This is

usuall y shown as text on either a blank screen, staticpictures or action in the film. This may or may not ha ve music accompanied with the images and lastl y its achance f or the main characters/role in the film to be identified by the audience.



Memento (opening)

The beginning of memento begins at the end of the film. Bef ore any action play s on the screen,the titles are shown on a close-up of a manhand holding a picture which show another man shot in the head and their blood splashedon the walls. There is also slow non-diegeticmusic play ing in the background which helps the audience to settle down and y et creates

anxiety f or the rest of the film and m y ster y .

During the opening scene of memento there are a lot of close-ups used f or example the picture,Bullet, glassed and blood. This was used toallow the audience see the type of characters that are in the film and gives an insight of the stor y line.



Camera Work

Shot reverse shot: A lternating shot, usuall y consist of twocharacters in a dialogue

sequence.

Match-on action: A cut that showtwo different vie ws of the same action together at the same time in the mo vement

180 degree rule: A rule that features two people or more in the frame and the cameraman is able tosee an imaginar y line joining the

people in the scene together.

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