Silence of the lambs is one of the most famous thriller of all time, due to it's gripping suspense on both the disappearance of Hannibal Lecter and the hunt for where Buffola Bill is. The Silence of the Lambs was instantly iconic; the fourth highest grossing film of 1991, and one of the most successful Oscar winners ever. Anthony Hopkins’ performance as Hannibal Lecter is one of the most well known in film history, with the American Film Institute naming him the all-time greatest film villain It swept the Oscars in 1992, becoming only the third film in Hollywood history, after It Happened One Night and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, to win all the five big awards—best film, best director, best actor, best actress, and best adapted screenplay. No other film has achieved that honour since. The dialogue and props are used in the opening sequence; this is when a piece of dialogue or prop is said or used to expose a piece of information to the audience that they need to know. This happens when an assumed fellow colleague shouts “Starling!” we are introduced to this female character by her second name, Starling. This makes the film seem more realistic for the audience. The colleague of Starling is wearing an FBI hat, we now know that they both work for the FBI, and this piece of information did not need to be verbalised, this makes the narrative move along smoothly. When we get to Hannibal's cell, we immediately see the point-of-view shot above, this lets the audience see what is inside the cell. We see that he doesn't have bars, he has glass. This indicates that he is a lot more dangerous than the other criminals than bars can handle we also know that he is more dangerous because he in a locked away much further than the regular inmates. There are air holes in the glass, this suggest an animalistic vibe, and how he is enclosed in a confined space, this makes the audience see him as an animal. We see books and other documents on the table, and a drawing on the wall. This shows that he is quite intelligent and comes across as an intelligent character, we can see that his emotions are calculated and very precise to ensure that he acts like a normal human being. He is calm and composed, like a normal person, which confuses Clarice and the audience.
Psycho
Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam Psycho was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Leigh and Best Director for Hitchcock loosely based on the real-life killings of Wisconsin serial murderer Ed Gein. Psycho is classified as one of the best thrillers because the film includes burns of violence and tests the strict censorship boundaries. It is Hitchcock's most popular film. The 45-second shower murder scene in Psycho is the most famous scene in Thriller history. Psycho is also known as the film that changed cinema because of the use of the music, quick camera shots - this creates more tension between the viewers and the film this is why it is a classic because every time people watch it they still feel the same suspense. The full shower scene runs for approxiamlty three minutes and includes over 40 cuts. Alternating shots were used in both short and long scene. The longer shots are used to exaggerated crime by the use of point-of-view shots. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was first screened in New York on 16 June 1960. It was an immediate box-office success. By the end of its first year, Psycho had earned $15 million – over fifteen times as much as it cost to make Psycho is a gritty, low budget, black and white horror film. Hitchcock used pace and camera angle combinations to increase the shock and identification with the victim. The official soundtrack, was written by Bernard Herrmann. In order to maintain tension Bernard used ostinato for slower scenes. The music was played by a string orchestra. The most iconic scene of the movie is the shower scene that used the most notable music throughout the movie. This notable sound of violins screeching gave the film’s audiences a sense of shock.
Shutter Island
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. The film keeps the audience intrigued throughout the whole movie. Shutter island plays on peoples mind by throwing in different conspiracies each time the audience believing the next idea. Teddy Daniels is made out to be trapped on the island meaning he can't leave - little do the audience know he is not allowed to leave as he is a patient on the island. The Thriller is filmed on an creepy looking island with dangerous inmates there. With the boat making its journey towards the Island we get an establishing shot on what the island looks like and how big it is. There are a lot of establishing shots in this film to show the audience exactly where Teddy Daniels is and what is likely to happen in that scene. This is considered one of the best thriller due to the fact throughout the whole film the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens next.
WHAT IS A THRILLER? A thriller is a genre of literature, play or film with an exciting plot. Typically involving crime or espionage. This type of genre's primary features are what induces strong feelings of excitement, anxiety, tension, suspense, fear, and other similar emotions in its readers or viewer. There are many sub-genres in thrillers. There should be a main 8 things that every thriller needs which help with the elements to be essential to the plot. Thrillers must also include a climax — there must be a plot twist or on rememberable scene to the film THRILLER Vs HORROR The first factor that differentiates both themes of the film is that a thriller is more psychological and requires more thought and explantation throughout the film as to what is going on, whereas Horror's are more bloody and gore with carless actions of violence e.g. slashers. Horrors are more focused on the scares and Thrillers mainly focus on trying to solve the mystery or the protagonist beat the anta...
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