Above, are a collection of thriller covers. Although not all stereotypical we have a range from fantasy thrillers, to down and dirty thrillers. Although different movies nearly all have one thing in common, all of these covers use well known, famous characters on the front with serious down to business faces to promote the movie.
A similarity between the covers are the colour scheme. In a number of these covers we see the colour red being used on the titles. Red is stereotypically a colour associated with blood, death, horror and therefore being used for a thriller cover projects the association. Meaning the movie may contain certain horror aspects but still fits appropriately in the thriller genre. Not only do they use the colour red, a lot of films also plaster it on a black backdrop to intensify the colour and really make the title stand out and catch the eye of the customer looking to buy it. This, as well as creating a good image for the thriller genre is a great marketing technique as these will be posted on buildings, bill boards and buses and to have such striking titles and images it will be one that will stick in the viewers mind.
In this DVD cover we see a range of similarities with the poster. Firstly, they have the same colour scheme as each other with the DVD cover having the luminous white capital letters standing bold against the solid black background, making the writing stand out so when people skim read the small writing at the top they take notice to the writing in white (supposedly the most important part). On the poster we have familiar colours mainly for promotion purposes. This creates a familiar association to the movie, as people with reading disabilities can easily associate the colours and images to the movie. However, unlike the poster, on the DVD release we see the appearance of a famous actor (also the main character). This creates a visual recognition for people who may not have gone to see the movie at the cinemas. For they may see his face on the front cover and know that they've seen other films of his such as 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of Solace' and want to see this movie because of it.
My Comments: This is a moodboard that I have created of the typical thriller films that I aspire to make the film similar to. Films such as Dead Man Down, Safe House and The Bourne Legacy are films that create that thrill for the audience to experience and I want to try and breakdown the different aspects of these films so that i can incorporate the different techniques into my production.Some aspects that I have noticed about films in the thrill genre have is that they contain:- Tense ongoing music to keep the audience engaged and interested.- Fast movements by characters so that the atmosphere is intense.- A wide range of different shots in scenes where there is fighting and violence.- Where there is violence there is a tendency for objects to come flying towards the camera at speed to make the audience jump.The thriller genre is a common genre chosen by film makers as it is one that can be used to entice and excite the audience when viewing, this is the main reason why I have chosen to create an opening scene in this genre.
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