Martin Rubin wrote a popular book titled Thrillers, in which he tries to define what is mean't by a thriller and what a film must constitute in order to be classified by the genre Thriller. His study very basicly states that a Thriller is a 'meta-genre' and is a very broad term to classify a film as it does not inform audiences of the narrtive/themes but vaguely informs audiences on the approach taken in direction.
A thriller attaches itself to genres such as horror, action, crime, spy etc, although thriller cannot be a sub genre to any other genre for example genres such as musicals, war, western etc.
All thrillers provide an emotional intensity for the viewer. Feelings/emotions which are commonly drawn are apprehension, exhiliration, excitment and breathlessness (feelings which are commonly associated with a 'thrill')If a thriller is not creating these fundemental emotions within the viewer then it's not thrilling, threfore not doing it's job.
With this we can't base our Thriller on a thriller alone we need other influences. We already have the drama inspiration from the British film industry and our group is keen on trying to create a physcological thriller (with narrative twists and enigmas)
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
British Social Reality Dramas
British social reality dramas are basicly films that depict as stated a social reality in Britain with a dramatic narrative. Shane Meadows is a very well known british director that follows this style or 'genre'. A big movement in the 1950's called the Kitchen Sink Realism movement focused on this social realistic representation of a working class lifestyle. It's focus was to depict a realistic representation of 'real' people and follow themes that were highly relatable to the majority of the population.
Shane Meadows works with low budgets and this coicides well with the movement that occured. He has a unique direction in presenting his ideology of a working class reality and this is reflected upon his personal lifestyle and unbringing. It's said that all his films are taken from the stimulis of his own childhood with mise-en-scene, location, and characterisation. So he uses local settings to heighten the realism and adds to the realatability factor.
It's obvious to see Shane Meadows does not follow popular conventions or applies himself to the money making populist approach as you see his films follow an autobiagraphical style.
Shane Meadows requested actors take an improvisational approach in which actors respond to each other without a script in order to generate a more natural conversation effect. Actors would also follow Stanislavski's techniques to create naturalism on stage/in front of the camera.
Shane Meadows is a huge influence to our opening. He strongly focuses on depiced a realism to relate and attract is audience's. This is a technique were also strongly focusing on, although our audience may be more narrower as were concentrating on a darker world of drugs and abuse rather than a comical outlet on working/lower class. Another focus was to really show a social reality, to show a lifestyle of complete obscene abuse, this reality is on the extreme spectrum to accumulate the Thrill. We need to concentrate on the narrative as our film is relying soley on this, like many British directors and productions.
Shane Meadows works with low budgets and this coicides well with the movement that occured. He has a unique direction in presenting his ideology of a working class reality and this is reflected upon his personal lifestyle and unbringing. It's said that all his films are taken from the stimulis of his own childhood with mise-en-scene, location, and characterisation. So he uses local settings to heighten the realism and adds to the realatability factor.
It's obvious to see Shane Meadows does not follow popular conventions or applies himself to the money making populist approach as you see his films follow an autobiagraphical style.
Shane Meadows requested actors take an improvisational approach in which actors respond to each other without a script in order to generate a more natural conversation effect. Actors would also follow Stanislavski's techniques to create naturalism on stage/in front of the camera.
Shane Meadows is a huge influence to our opening. He strongly focuses on depiced a realism to relate and attract is audience's. This is a technique were also strongly focusing on, although our audience may be more narrower as were concentrating on a darker world of drugs and abuse rather than a comical outlet on working/lower class. Another focus was to really show a social reality, to show a lifestyle of complete obscene abuse, this reality is on the extreme spectrum to accumulate the Thrill. We need to concentrate on the narrative as our film is relying soley on this, like many British directors and productions.
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