Genre Difference, Repetition and similarity.

Genre Difference, Repetition and similarity.

The thriller genre is a lot different to most other genres. This is because there is such a wide range and they are all completely different and involve and include different things. For example in Shutter Island and Gone girl. 
Both these films are thrillers but they are both very different. They are similar because through the mise en scene, we see elements that allow us to identify the genre straight away. We see weapons, quick cuts and short duration of shots, all creating suspense.
  However, I find Gone Girl is much more tense than Shutter Island. I think this is because there is a lot of action and suspense in Gone Girl and Shutter Island is a little more relaxed. We also know the story of gone girl, we know what’s going on as we watch it whereas in shutter island, we are watching it through the characters perspective so we think he is an investigator, when infact he has a mental illness. You would think this would build suspense, but because of the way we are shown, it is portrayed as he is there as an investigator, so that’s what we think, it didn’t really feel tense to me. These films have different subgenres, Gone girl being an action thriller and Shutter Island being a psychological thriller.