Genre and narrative

Welcome

Welcome to my blog my name is Claire and i'm an A level student studying Media Studies. This blog will contain all of my analysis of the thriller genre and a lot of my pre production. I hope you enjoy it.

GENRE

The definition of the term genre is the way in which we categorise media products in terms of similarity. For example within the genre 'Thriller' there are multiple conventions that need to occur for it to be categorised as a horror. Below i have created a mood board for the 'Thriller' genre containing typical conventions indicating that the genre is Thriller:

Narrative:

Narrative means the sequence of events. Most people get this word confused with 'story'.The narrative is the way in which the story is portrayed to the audience. It does not necesserily have to be in a continoue order for example the film pulp fiction strts off with the ending scene.

Thriller genre conventions:

Within the thriller genre there are multiple conventions that highlight the fact that the movie is a thriller. For example there are typical characters, iconography, settings, themes, cinematic styles and narrative. For example in more thrillers we have a typical character of a strong good looking man whom is usually the main character and the protagonist. The setting of a thriller tends to be either somewhere deserted, however this is more of the horror thriller sub genre, or in a busy city such as London or New York. Typical iconography is usually of weapons, smart attire and cars.