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Genre Research (Crime Thriller)

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Literary devices such as red herrings, plot twists and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is a villain-driven plot, whereby he or she presents obstacles that the protagonist must overcome.

Common subgenres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. Another common subgenre of thriller is the spy genre which deals with fictional espionage. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Thehorror and action genres often overlap with the thriller genre.

In 2001, the American Film Institute in Los Angeles made its definitive selection of the top 100 greatest American "heart-pounding" and "adrenaline-inducing" films of all time. To be eligible, the 400 nominated films had to be American-made films, whose thrills have "enlivened and enriched America's film heritage". AFI also asked jurors to consider "the total adrenaline-inducing impact of a film's artistry and craft".

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Our Title Intro

Designing my title on after effects cs4

I have obtained pre keyed footage, from a free stock footage website and have used smoke to add an effect to my opening title for the movie, I have used different types of inputs such as text and effects and imported footage, and also lighting that i have implemented into the title.

This might be the final result for our movie opening title, as you can see i have added masks to show red on 3 of the letters, the next stage is to introduce audio into the sequence.

Thriller Titles

• Simple yet effective title.
• simple colors black and red
• Simple picture with not many effects used
• Many props used such as guns and clothing
• The mise-en-scene 

• 2 colors used, blue and yellow
• Star actor on the top of the thriller title
• Devil is usually associated with red, but here its used blue
• Shows enigma in the picture because there is someone behind him
• Also someone lying on the floor