What is a genre? The word originates from the French language and means category or classification. Thriller genre: Thriller is a type of film that stereotypically contains tension and excitement as the key elements. Thrillers heavily influence the viewers moods giving them a high level of anticipation, surprise, anxiety and terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline rushing, fast paced and of course thrilling. One of the earliest films of the thriller genre, although also a comic and directed by Harold Lloyd. Directed by Fritz Lang, this helped to shape the modern-day thriller genre and also boosted Peter Lorre's career in the genre Directed and produced by Carol Reed. The film was very successful and it's theme tune topped the international charts in 1950. Audrey Hepburn (who starred as a blind woman in the film) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (losing to Katharine Hepburn), and Zimbalist was nominated for a Golden Globe in the supporting category. The film is ranked #55 on AFI's Years100 Thrills list, and its climax is ranked tenth on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. A psychological thriller with Nicole Kidman, who must fight for her life on a yacht against a crazed castaway (Billy Zane). This thriller had elements of obsession and trapped protagonists who must find a way to escape the clutches of the villain these devices influenced a number of thrillers in the following years, the early 90's.' 'The Usual Suspects was shown out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, and then initially released in a few theaters. It received favorable reviews, and was eventually given a wider release. McQuarrie won an Academy Award for the screenplay and Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.' Over $1 billion in revenue worldwide, it is the eleventh highest-grossing film of all time. The film received eight Academy Award nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was awarded Best Supporting Actor United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. Mid-shot: Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject. In thrillers this allows the viewer to make sense of the actors emotion/expression whilst examining the background. A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole of the frame. In thrillers this allows the audience to concentrate only on either a face or specific detail of mise en scene. This shot magnifies objects and therefore allows the audience to enter the mind of a character. Looking from behind a person at the subject. In thrillers, this usually used when a figure is stood behind a victim or behind someone that is not aware of the actors present. The extreme close up gets right in and shows extreme detail. In thrillers an extreme close up of the face would usually show the eyes or mouth without any background. The shot is often used to create a dramatic effect. https://www.google.co.uk/imghp?hl=en&tab=iimovies/page/3/?viewed_lday&date_dvd0 Feedbackd This is a good start but more detailed analysis of sub and hybrid genres is required, your explanation and visual examples of the shot sizes is brilliant. A very good start now push it a bit more with more analysis of the thriller genre itself. Stu