Media Products inspired me in my planning

Media Products that inspired me:

TV Shows:

Elementary, investigates crimes in which the criminals kill their victims in a special way. The show follows Holmes, a recovering drug addict and former consultant to Scotland Yard, as he assists the New York City Police Department in solving crimes. His indifference to police procedure often leads to conflict with Captain Thomas Gregson (Aidan Quinn), although the two still remain mutually respectful of one another. He is accompanied by Dr. Joan Watson, who initially acts as his sober companion. She is a former surgeon and was hired by Sherlock's father to help him in his rehabilitation. They eventually begin to work together on his cases, and she becomes Holmes' apprentice. The series also features Holmes' ongoing conflict with his nemesis Jamie Moriarty (Natalie Dormer). Other supporting roles include Jon Michael Hill as Detective Marcus Bell, Rhys Ifans as Sherlock's brother, Mycroft Holmes and John Noble as Sherlock's father, Morland Holmes. The show has created 5 Seasons and 98 Episodes so far.                                                                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_(TV_series)






The Walking Dead, based on a world over-run by zombies called 'Walkers' the reason why The Walking Dead inspired me in doing my own thriller is because of the storyline between the characters and how the show displays each character separately with a different background and they all have a different source of strength                                   and weakness.  The show is based of a comics version of 'The Walking Dead' and it various from the comics a bit so that the people who read the comics will be surprised, while watching the show. The show has already produced 6 Seasons with 83 episodes in total, it was renewed for Season 7 which releases their first episode on Sunday 23rd October 2016. In The Walking Dead.

Music Videos: G-Eazy-Saw It Coming, this music clip inspired in my planning due to the effects in the video, the green smoke which makes the video more effective and the red laser which captures the ghost and the blue soul which every ghost has in this music.

The Weeknd-False Alarm, this music clip is filmed in first person, about a bank robbery which fails and everyone who participated in the bank robbery dies. It inspired me due to the pace of the video, and how the storyline escalated very quickly from a successful planed robbery with drones to a deadly consequence at the end due to 'trust issues'.

Adverts: The Purge: Election Year, this trailer has a lot of suspense moments and jump scares where 2 people try to survive the night while on the streets with people purging and killing other people for fun which is legal for 12 hours once a year in America. This film was released in July 2016, and this is the third film that they made. (The first two are: The Purge (2013) and The Purge: Anarchy (2014)) 

Songs: Zack Hemsey-Vengeance, creates a sense of suspense and just sounds like a song played in a thriller. The song is played in the film 'The Equalizer' during the last scene when the man 'who does what he thinks is right', kills the mob boss with a nail-gun.     

What is a Thriller?

Thriller are types of films known to promote: intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorisations, with similar characteristics and features.

1. Thrillers for example: Memento usually appeal to adults or sometimes young adults. Thriller films are viewed by most audiences especially teenagers who enjoy the action, twists, suspense etc. Male and females are both able to enjoy the plot of a thriller and our thriller contains the element of suspense as the antagonists are anonyms. This will automatically interest both teenage girls and boys.
2. 3. • However cross genres i.e. Horror thrillers such as Final Destination appeal more to young adults and teenagers. At first I thought thrillers were more catered to young adults rather than adults; however when I looked at all the thrillers I have watched in the past, they all have been cross genres; but actual thriller movies are more for older adults as it demands intellectual thinking and there is usually more violence, blood and sex.
3. 4. Psychological Thrillers• The suspect does not use physical strength, but uses psychology to get to their victim.• The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters battling against each others minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the others mental state.• This type of thriller usually requires more intellectual thinking therefore 25+ year olds are more likely to watch these types of thrillers. An example of a psychological thriller is fatal attraction.
4. 5. Crime Thrillers• Crime thrillers are thrillers that have a focus point of breaking the law• The police are shown in large amount in crime thrillers• In most crime thrillers the villains are normally criminals• A good example is Silence of the Lamb
5. 6. Romantic Thrillers• The story is usually relationship based with an aspect of a thriller in it.• Not too many of these type of thrillers are made as it is hard to come up with the plot and may confuse the audience.• However; these types of thrillers are Female dominated. An example of this type of thriller is Obsession.
6. 7. Supernatural Thrillers• Has a supernatural element to the thriller genre.• Usually involves a twists into the plot, often the hero/ main character has some kind of psychic ability.• This type of thriller is usually watched by female audience. An example of a supernatural thriller is The Exorcism.
7. 8. Action Thrillers• All action thrillers have scenes of violence throughout the film weather if is hand to hand combats to guns and car chases• There are also more blood in scenes to show the dramatic effect to the violence

(http://www.slideshare.net/kscraps88/different-types-of-thrillers)