Q. One of your favourite thrillers:
Stephen King’s IT (1990)
Mr Cooke: “quite a lot of people don’t like clowns”
Referring back to friends garden, it is similar they can recognise a place and link it to their personal lives, linking the film into reality life, building connections, can make the film seem more believable, there for more scary and chilling.
Hand that rocks the cradle (1992)Mrs Lewis: “the idea of a picture perfect family then the nanny comes in and ruins everything”
Lewis feels as though she can relate to the films as she has a family herself, and some of the characters that the families portray in the films she can make connections with her family, therefore making the films have more meaning to her.
The 6th Sense (1999)
Matt Codd: “I like films with twists in them which you don’t expect”
Likes the unexpected to happen and when you don’t know what is going to happen next. It adds suspense and creates tension.
Q. What’s your favourite type of thriller?
Mr Cooke: “you know something is going to happen and the music builds you up…..where there is an element of thinking”
Music is a key part of a thriller. The music has to be suited for what is happening on screen while also being at the right time, and building up at the right parts. Adding in sound effects can be good, however they would have to sound realistic and appropriate to what is happening and the props being used.
Mrs Lewis: “I like the unexpected”
Not knowing what is going to happen next, but getting to know the characters and creating an opinion on them characters, which could at any moment change. Having an unexpected storyline and maybe a twist at the end or a few throughout seems to be the main points picked up from this question.
Q. Would you prefer a low subtle sound throughout or a loud sound in key moments, then no sound in others?
Mrs Lewis: “When I watch a film, I don’t like the noise”
Mr Cooke: “sometimes it seems quite false because they are trying to build it up; I think the actual suspense is built sometimes by silence”
Matt Codd: “I like having the soundtrack at the beginning to introduce you”
From this question we gathered that sound should be used to build up a moment, but not over used as having silence and stillness will then increase the effects of the jump and scare.
Q. What do you expect from a thriller?
Mr Cooke: “Sometimes I like to have to discuss something with a friend after we’ve watched it”
Mrs Lewis: “I want it to be tense, and I want to be scared…I want it to be resolved in the end”
From this question we got some varied reviews. One of our participants liked to have a resolved thriller where all the questions were answered, whereas another one liked to have the majority answered however still a few questions which are left for you to make the decision on, this could be what happened in the future or where someone went etc.
Q. When you first watch a thriller do you like knowing what is going to happen, or finding out as you go along, or all at once at the end?
Mrs Lewis: “Like puzzles, building up the story, giving you bits of information”
Matt Codd: “Finding out at the end”
This gave us an overview of what people want to achieve from a thriller, trying to figure out some things themselves as the ‘puzzle’ is given to you, adding more and more clues and answers to the questions raised., then finding out the story at the end.
Q. What would attract you to go see a thriller from the trailer?
Q. What would attract you to go see a thriller from the trailer?
Mr Cooke: “An element of mystery”
Ms Lewis: “I like references like ‘this is Barak Obama’s favourite drama”
Having celebrities commenting about the film or any product, having celebrity endorsement to promote the thriller will work very well. However as we are only 6th form media student, we cannot have celebrity endorsement, but we can recognise the potential influence that it could have over a film’s success.
Q. If a film got good reviews, would that affect if you watched it?
Matt Codd: “I look at the reviews, but I don’t really care about them…..if they relate to another film I like that”
Mr Cooke: “I wouldn’t read the reviews… see quotes on newspapers”
From this question, we realised that not many people have the time to read whole reviews, so the factor influencing them to go and see the film are based on the trailer, reviews on newspapers/magazines/TV/radio and also word of mouth (people talking about the thriller and their experience while watching- good/bad etc.) however some people will only look at the thriller and not listen to others reviews or opinions as their own can be very different, as not everyone has the same taste and we all like different styles, storylines etc.
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