Sub-genre- a subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film, etc.
The difference between a genre and a sub-genre is the fact that genre is the theme or type of a piece of media, ie. a book or film etc. Some examples of genres are horror, comedy, romance, thriller, science fiction, documentary, animation, drama, action, adventure, fantasy etc. A sub-genre is a secondary genre which is generally less obvious but still has themes and ideas in the piece of media. Sub means branched, therefore sub genre further defines it. For instance Rock is a genre and a sub genre would be pop rock, a different style but also is in the same category.
Thriller sub-genres
- Action
- Supernatural chillers
- Mystery
- Science Fiction
- Disaster
- Techno
- Conspiracy Film makers/ producers think of the genre of the film before investing on it because it allows them clean investment opportunities. It also makes the film making a lot easier due to its range of generic elements. And the marketing allows to target appropriately.
Today my task was to research mystery thrillers and one that I have looked briefly is called Memento.
The definition of Mystery is any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.
10 mystery thrillers
- Inception
- Rear Window
- The Usual Suspects
- Se7en
- Memento
- North by Northwest
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Third Man
- Chinatown
- L.A. Confidential
Sub-genres of Mystery/Crime
“The difference between thrillers and mysteries that there’s a puzzle in the mystery. If you can disentangle it, it will lead you to the answer.”
–Jean V. Naggar, agent
Amateur Detective: a mystery solved by an amateur, who generally has a profession/connection to the crime.
Child in Peril: a mystery involving the abduction or harassment of a child.
Classic Whodunit: a crime solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader.
Comic (Bumbling Detective): a mystery played for laughs, often featuring a detective who is unskilled (but often solves the crime anyway).
Cozy: a mystery that occurs in a small town or in a single home where all the suspects are present and familiar with one another, except the detective, who is usually an eccentric outsider.
Courtroom Drama: a mystery that takes place through the justice system—often the efforts of a defence lawyer to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit (offender/criminal/problem).
Dark Thriller: a mystery that undertakes into fear and graphic (realistic) violence of the horror genre.
Espionage: the international spy novel, it is based less on action than on solving the “puzzle”. It is less focused on the traditional enemy spies than on terrorists.
Forensic: a mystery solved through the forensics lab, featuring much detail and scientific procedure.
Heists and Capers: an “antihero” genre. It is told from the criminal’s perspective of an execution crime or a planning.
Historical: a mystery that takes place in a recognizable period of history, with emphasis of the setting.
Inverted: a story in which the reader knows “who done it,” but the suspense arises from watching the detective figure it out.
Locked Room: a mystery in which the crime is told to be committed under impossible circumstances but eventually has a rational explanation.
Medical: generally involving a medical threat (e.g., a viral epidemic), or the illegal use of medical technology.
Police Procedural: when police officers solve crimes from real-life procedures.
Private Detective: Focused on the independent snoop-for-hire, these have evolved from tough detectives to the more professional operators of today.
Psychological Suspense: mysteries focused on the details of the crime and what motivated the person responsible for the crime.
Romantic: a mystery in which the crime-solvers fall in love.
Techno thriller: a development from the traditional thriller mystery, with an emphasis on high technology.
Thriller: a suspense mystery with more action.
Woman in Jeopardy: focuses on a woman put into peril (danger) by a crime, and her struggles to defeat or outsmart the person behind her struggle.
Young Adult: a story aimed at a teenage audience, with a hero detective generally the same age or slightly older than the reader, pursuing criminals who are generally less violent but often just as scary as those in adult mysteries.
Child in Peril: a mystery involving the abduction or harassment of a child.
Classic Whodunit: a crime solved by a detective, from the detective’s point of view, with all clues available to the reader.
Comic (Bumbling Detective): a mystery played for laughs, often featuring a detective who is unskilled (but often solves the crime anyway).
Cozy: a mystery that occurs in a small town or in a single home where all the suspects are present and familiar with one another, except the detective, who is usually an eccentric outsider.
Courtroom Drama: a mystery that takes place through the justice system—often the efforts of a defence lawyer to prove the innocence of his client by finding the real culprit (offender/criminal/problem).
Dark Thriller: a mystery that undertakes into fear and graphic (realistic) violence of the horror genre.
Espionage: the international spy novel, it is based less on action than on solving the “puzzle”. It is less focused on the traditional enemy spies than on terrorists.
Forensic: a mystery solved through the forensics lab, featuring much detail and scientific procedure.
Heists and Capers: an “antihero” genre. It is told from the criminal’s perspective of an execution crime or a planning.
Historical: a mystery that takes place in a recognizable period of history, with emphasis of the setting.
Inverted: a story in which the reader knows “who done it,” but the suspense arises from watching the detective figure it out.
Locked Room: a mystery in which the crime is told to be committed under impossible circumstances but eventually has a rational explanation.
Medical: generally involving a medical threat (e.g., a viral epidemic), or the illegal use of medical technology.
Police Procedural: when police officers solve crimes from real-life procedures.
Private Detective: Focused on the independent snoop-for-hire, these have evolved from tough detectives to the more professional operators of today.
Psychological Suspense: mysteries focused on the details of the crime and what motivated the person responsible for the crime.
Romantic: a mystery in which the crime-solvers fall in love.
Techno thriller: a development from the traditional thriller mystery, with an emphasis on high technology.
Thriller: a suspense mystery with more action.
Woman in Jeopardy: focuses on a woman put into peril (danger) by a crime, and her struggles to defeat or outsmart the person behind her struggle.
Young Adult: a story aimed at a teenage audience, with a hero detective generally the same age or slightly older than the reader, pursuing criminals who are generally less violent but often just as scary as those in adult mysteries.
Memento is considered to be the best mystery thriller of all time, it is directed by Christopher Nolan. The plot is about a Guy Pierce who stars as Leonard Shelby, a man with short-term memory loss who hunts to find the person responsible for murdering his wife. The movie is told in reverse order, starting at the end and finishing at the beginning. The colour sequence is in chronological order, the sequence starts in black and white and then smoothly goes on to colour.
One thing that I particularly like about the film is the fact that it begins with the protagonist's wife already being dead and the audience finds out at the end how she died. I think that Group 7 should definitely incorporate this idea into our thriller to make it different to the other thrillers.
Now that I have looked at various thriller sub-genres I particularly like the romantic thriller and I believe that, that could be the sub-genre for my thriller opening however I am aware that it is very hard to successfully make it into one. Which is probably why there are few romantic thrillers in cinemas. I have chosen to do the romantic thriller sub-genre because I absolutely love romance, romantic comedies etc. and that is what appeals to me than the others.
Now that I have looked at various thriller sub-genres I particularly like the romantic thriller and I believe that, that could be the sub-genre for my thriller opening however I am aware that it is very hard to successfully make it into one. Which is probably why there are few romantic thrillers in cinemas. I have chosen to do the romantic thriller sub-genre because I absolutely love romance, romantic comedies etc. and that is what appeals to me than the others.
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