Tuesday 15 March 2011

Research for Thrillers

We as a group carried out a range of research regarding what we should call our thriller opening. We looked at new and old movies that were a Thriller movie. All the movies below have such an eye catching title. Having an eye catching title captures the audience's attention, and that's what we aimed for.
 
Below is a table top rated thriller titles, which we used as a aid in helping us chose our thriller title. We were able to use the below tables to help as chose which thriller sub genre we would try to produce/imitate. in our case we have tried to munipulate a psychological thriller opening.
RankMovie NameYour Rating OverallAdd
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)3.33/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA rating: R
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Anthony Heald
Plot: An FBI agent uses the help of Dr. Hannibal Lector, a confined psychopathic killer, to profile a missing person's kidnapper and serial killer. As she comes closer to lector, she shows sign of nervousness. Will she still seek his help to complete the job?
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Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)3.37/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Plot: A man confined to a wheel chair (James Stewart), has nothing to do except spy on his neighbors. As time goes on, he is convinced they have committed murder.
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Se7en (1995)
Se7en (1995)3.29/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Plot: A retiring officer and his soon-to-be replacement track a serial killer who is using the seven deadly sins as his guide.
4.
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)3.20/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Plot: A man with Vertigo investigates his old friend's wife to discover that she may be the cause of his vertigo.
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Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)3.17/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw
Plot: A killer great white terrorizes a small community in New England. 
6.


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Shining, The (1980)
Shining, The (1980)3.29/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA rating: R
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Plot: A man and his family head to a isolated hotel to "house sit." As the loneliness sets in, the husband begins to go insane, while the boy sees things that no one else can..
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Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)3.31/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
Plot: A Vietnam vet is a taxi driver who obsesses over a woman, while at the same time he tries to save a young prostitute. His mental instability makes him go to the extreme in certain situations.
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North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)3.30/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Plot: A advertising exec is chased cross country while he tries to clear his name in a government mistake. In the end, he can't tell who is on his side.
9.


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Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)3.27/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
Plot: Former POW's recall the same events of a heroic moment, but have nightmares that the event occurred different than remembered. 
10.


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The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)3.24/4Add to movie list
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA rating: R
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro
Plot: Five men are hauled into a New York jail for separate crimes but end up working together. The police are trying to get to the bottom of who blew up a boat and killed almost all of the passengers, but will they find out in time to arrest the right man? 

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