Thriller Research, Mise-en-Scene, Subgenres, Target Audience

Mise-en-Scènecontains a few important elements which help add thriller to films and also
help to add suspense as well. Lighting

such as colour design has to be dark to help give the film a gloomy mood and helps to make the audience feel more suspense

towards the film. Another thing which also makes the opening off a thriller stick to its thrilling genre is props, as in thriller films there is

a lot of sharp objects and weapons like glass, knives, guns etc...

The set design/ location also helps the genre of the film stick to thriller, as the right set/location such as a gloomy warehouse or dark

woods give a thrilling film as it shows mystery and suspense/tension towards the audience.

Common subgenres are psychological thrillers, supernatural thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. After the

assassination of President Kennedy, the political thriller genre became very popular. Another common subgenre of thriller

is the spy genre which deals with fictional espionage.

The target audience of many thrillers usually consists of adults. This is because it might include a lot of violence and some

psychological issues that can be disturbing for younger audiences - especially in psychological thrillers - as well as some thrillers are

more intellectually demanding. The genre is slightly male skewed, although the target audience consistsof Men (51%) and women

(49%) . However, different sub-genres have different target audiences, this is key as the various sub-genres will appeal to different

people. Thrillers are generally particularly popular with the under 25's .