Sub Genres.

All thrillers are different. There are several subgenres within the thriller genre, these include Action thrillers, disaster thrillers, crime thrillers, Psychological thrillers, medical thrillers, legal thrillers, religious thrillers and supernatural thrillers and they are all different from each other. In other genres such as western and Sci-Fi, there aren’t as many sub genres so the films don’t vary as much. However, although there are a lot of subgenres within thriller genre, there will still be things such as character and pace that will be similar. I think my group’s idea of a thriller includes aspects of and …… This is because…..

Below are 3 posters (Flight Plan, Taken and In Time) that share the same subgenre. (Action Thrillers) 

Through the use of mise en scene we can tell a lot from this poster. The lighting in this picture is very dark and the picture is mostly in black and white, which contrasts with the colour of the font which is very bright.  We also see a man and woman standing very close together and they are holding guns, which is a convention of thriller and action genres. The poster is also very simplistic. 

This poster is also very dark like the In Time picture. However it is covered in big words that stand out. It says ' I don't know who you are but if you don't let my daughter go I will find you and I will kill you. It is big so very noticeable and is an enigma as we want to find out who has taken his daughter. We see an outline of a man behind but can't see much of his face which is also an enigma. Finally, the title of the film is in red which represents danger and hate.

This poster is very different to the posters above. The background is quite a bright blue colour, not black unlike the others. We also see a woman on the poster and stereotypically we would expect to see a man as they are usually represented as powerful and strong. This poster however, is similar to the in time as it is quite simple and doesn't give much away, which makes us want to watch. The poster does not look like the stereotypical thriller action poster.