MOVIE SEASON: STATEMENT OF INTENT:

I have chosen to promote a Thriller film season,which will include aspects of modern thrillers and classic thrillers. This will consist of five 10 second TV indents, to be shown of Channel 4's specialist film channel Film 4. I want to educate the modern film viewer, showing classic thrillers and modern alternative thrillers. Today the thriller/horror blockbusters include films like The Strangers, Final Destination, My Bloody Valentine etc. Such are filled with lazy gore, over used cliché's and predictable jumps. These films lack the chemistry that makes up a truly great thriller. And so, it is my aim to inject a little suspense into the viewing habits of today's thriller viewers.

SUBJECT: 

Modern and classic alternatives to high budget, predictable thrillers of today.

CONCECPT:

Educating film viewers by showing carefully selected thrillers. 

 

AUDIENCE:

Late teens to middle aged people with an established interest in film.  Hopefully for the younger part of the audience, who have already been introduced to popular and contemporary horror/thrillers this will be a chance to expand on that interest and open eyes to a different style of thriller production. 

CONTENT:

There will be a contrast of modern vs classic. The modern films consisting of Moon, a sci-fi thriller that despite it's one-man cast, manages to grip the focus and attention of the viewer the whole way through. It provides a refreshing take on one mans struggle in the face of isolation with unpredictable twists and turns. Next, a remake of Michael Haneke's 1997 Austrian thriller, Funny Games. Although critical reception was mixed, Funny Games stands out as one of the best thriller's of it's decade and is a truly beautiful cinematic experience. The last of the modern thrillers is Anthony Minghella's 1999 The Talented Mr Ripley, a psychological thriller. It's hard to explain how elegant and chilling this film is so I'll let Geoff Andrew from Time Out to explain... "Not only is it an elegantly polished affair, with top notch performances all round, and magnificent camerawork and editing, it's also acutely aware of how class, money and sex shape desire and resentment."

Finally two classics to finish the thriller season off. Duel is another one-man cast and a very simple story line which revolves around one man, his car and a giant truck on a deserted American road. Doesn't sound too exciting, but the intense suspense and twists and turns makes this film a classic. Last but by  no means least, probably the best known thriller from the season is Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. This film need very little explanation other than it's the starting point for all great thrillers. 

I'm not sure in which order to show these films, but I'll have a think because I think when showing how a genre has evolved over time the sequence is important.  

TONE OF VOICE:

Modern, quirky, creepy. Still not sure really, I will expand on this when I've had look at recurring themes in thriller films.