Understanding sub-genres

Understanding sub-genres

Psychological Thriller

• Is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller and Horror genres.
• However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genres, in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre.  

Themes

• Reality - the quality of being real. Characters often try to determine what is true and what is not within the narrative.
• Perception -  A person’s own interpretation of the world around him through his senses. Often characters misperceive the world around them, or their perceptions are altered by outside factors within the narrative.
• Mind - The human consciousness; the location for personality, thought, reason, memory intelligence and emotion. The mind is often used as a location for narrative conflict, where characters battle their own minds to reach a new level of understanding or perception.
• Existence/purpose - The object for which something exists; an aim or goal humans strive towards to understand their reason for existence. Characters often try to discover this purpose is in their lives and the narrative’s conflict often is a way for the characters to discover this purpose.
• Identity - The definition of one’s self. Characters often are confused about or doubt who they are and try to discover their true identity.
• Death - The cessation of life. Characters either fear or have a fascination with death.

Espionage

the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

- Example Of Espionage Movies

Supernatural (The Conjuring 2)

Jump scare

Creepy mood

Supernatural appearance that you can't explain

Love and friendship wins the day // The evil continues to harm humanity

Technical codes:

All scenes are dark by editing, showing something bad could happen.

Symbolic codes:

Holy crosses turning upside down with “forces”, symbol of unholy existen,

Cracking sound of the swing, showing something bad will happen.

Things moving by itself, while speeding up, followed by fast swap of shots of chaos, create tension.

Crime Thriller

A thriller in which the central characters are involved in crime, either in its investigation, as the perpetrator or, less commonly, a victim (generally, this is just a thriller).

• Films dealing with crime and its detection are often based on plays rather than novels
• Common methods and themes in crime thrillers are mainly ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge, kidnappings.
• An atmosphere of menace and sudden violence, such as crime and murder, characterize thrillers.
• The tension usually arises when the character(s) is placed in a dangerous situation, or a trap from which escaping seems impossible. Life is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspectingly or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation
• The objective is to deliver a story with sustained tension, surprise, and a constant sense of impending doom.