Thriller Genre
Sound is a essential part of what goes into making a thoroughly good thriller opening and film. One of the best examples of when sound is used to maximum effect is in the film Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960) and even to this day the noise of the stabbing is one of the most common and well recognized sounds to be in a thriller film. The legacy of the noise is so iconic and well known even though it was released over 50 years ago, different generations also know of the noise which reinstates how many people would recognize the sound.
Moreover the film The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999) is another example of a thriller film that has been perfectly executed and has a big impact on the audience, the actors take a huge amount of credit considering the child is very young but still manages to captivate us as a audience throughout the film and when at the end the whole film makes sense it shocks us all. Not only does it have a big affect on us when we find out that he is a ghost form the very second he got shot, what makes The Sixth Sense a excellent thriller film is that the pivital moment in the film happen's so early on that as a audience you have to be switched on from the very start.
Another film in which its really captivates what a thriller is meant to be is Gone Girl (Fincher,2014), the plot is a happy couple - the start to any thriller ,setting a scene in which it is very normal like everyday life-until the wife goes missing and then we see another typical thriller takes place with a large amount of suspense and tension when the search for her happens. Mise en scene and Camerawork play a huge part in the build up to making a top thriller.
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