Genre Research: Thriller

 The first genre we are considering is thriller. It is one of the most common types of genres in film.  

• The common camera angles in thriller are close up and extreme close up, high and low angles, panning and wide shot, and canted angles.  
• Common props are weapons such as knives, guns, or explosives. Also, technology and business stuff such as computers, phones, televisions, briefcases.  
• Common types of costumes are dark clothing, specifically black, masks or any type of face coverings.  
• Common settings are either big cities, including the suburbs, or a small country town. Dark lighting is the most common form of lighting in thrillers. It might be sunny in very few scenes, but most of the scenes are filmed in low, yellow or black lighting.  
• Common acting consists of screaming, running, quiet or loud scenes. The actors will be hiding, crying, whispering, stalking, and/or plotting most of the time.  
• Common types of editing are jump cuts, shot reverse shot, and/or action match. It is either fast paced or slow paced. They help build suspension and reveal weaknesses.  
• Common sounds consist of diegetic and non-diegetic. The diegetic sounds will be screaming or crying. Non-diegetic will be a soundtrack or a voiceover. The music will be instrumental and quiet, yet suspenseful. The voiceover will be a deep, low voice.  
• Some popular thrillers found on Netflix are “Bird Box”, “The Call”, and “Clinical”.  
• Some elements of Thrillers that we like are cliffhangers, protagonists vs. antagonists, action-packed opening, and a ticking clock. We will definitely use cliffhangers and action-packed opening.  
• Some elements we don’t like are a famous villain because we think it is better to create the element of surprise by developing a new villain.