Synopsis Research

Successful Thriller Films

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

In pulp fiction there are appearences of, two hit men, a boxer and a gansters wife. Imeadiately the audience would expect crime, from the gangster, violence from the hit men and possible death, and trouble from the boxer. This then creates a atmosphere of suspence. Leaving the audience suspicious and eager to know what will happen throughout the duration of the film. The audience would also expect people not to be as polite and therefore characters will be rude and create a sense of un-certainty because based on their attitudes they are likely to do something more out of the ordinary.

2. The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight stars a well known super hero, Batman. Which of course creates curiousity upon the audience, because as a child many people would have been brought up with super heros, therefore people are eager to find out what events he is facing now and what will happen. Now that it is in a more 'grown up' format and adults can relate back to Batman like they once had done before it appeals to them greatly. In this film the audience would expect to see crimes being fought and possible violence depending on the characters Batman might have to face. This all plays a part in the main convention of the film which is suspense, which then leaves the audience craving more of excitement.

                                                                          

3. Inception (2010)

Inception is all about how technology can know enter the human brain and make people believe that their dreams are real, in order to seek out any relevant information one person might be with-holding, but could be dreaming about. The curiousity of the substantial improvement of modern technology, could possible frighten people and make people feel cautious, as technology nower days is improving rapidly, so the stroyline to this film could one day become true. The film is based on a theif that is looking to find a certain piece of information in someones brain that they are keeping to themselvs in result of it being his last chance of redemption. Stealing will always create a sense of un-certainity because it is not a righteous thing to do, and many people frown upon it.

4. Goodfellas (1990)

Goodfellas is all about a robbery taken place by gangsters. Which again, in this film adds suspence and causes people to worry on the inside. Gangsters come across as smart people who know how to get away with performing serious crimes. Therefore curiousity is built based on the audience wondering how they did it. Crime is a big suspence builder, and will most commonly happen in most Thriller films, if crime does not occur, more than likely something that is not right to society will happen. Therefore without doubt something 'wrong' or 'bad' will happen within the duration of the film.

By Kathleen Rayment