Reasearch (Narrative themes and plots)

Narrative themes and plots

 

Themes are what creates emotions and engage the with the audience in a film. The themes are the elements that allow the audience to create an understanding of what the film is about and the meaning of the film. With the theme the film can play with the audiences emotions as the theme can interact with the audience emotionally. The theme can create sympathy for the character and the theme can make the audience feel sympathy for the character. Themes are very important in films as this is the backbone of a film. if the there was no themes in a film then the film would not be important to the audience as the audience cannot form an understanding of the film and the film would not be able to interact with the audience as a good and effective film is a film that can communicate with the audience and have the audience interested from the beginning.

Themes dependent on the genre:

Themes are dependent on the genre of the film this is because if the genre is a thriller then the themes in the film cannot be romance. Romance cannot be a them in a thriller as there is nothing romantic in thrillers it would not make sense for the film and towards the audience. However a suitable theme in a thriller would be death. There is a lot of deaths in thrillers and this is understandable and reasonable to the audience.

Common themes in thrillers:

Death is a very common theme in thrillers. Also with death being a common theme in thrillers the  reason why there are deaths in thriller is due to revenge. Revenge and death are very common as revenge is the reason why there is death in thrillers.

This is an example of death in scream there are a lot of death due to an individuals grudge. The antagonist wanted to get revenge to satisfy himself.

Obsession is another common theme in thrillers. Obsession a very sinister theme which chiles the audience as the audience see the level that the antagonist will go to make the victims life a hassle.

The impacts that deaths have on the audience is that the audience are deeply upset and they are devastated about the character that has died. With each death the audience are left feeling anxious and worried in who will be the next victim. Also deaths impact the audience as the audience are horrified and chilled in the deaths that have taken place and the way that the victim has meet their death.

The impact of revenge on the audience is that the audience are chilled by the lengths that the antagonist will go to to fulfill his revenge. The audience are chilled by this as the audience can relate to revenge in real life as the audience could have had previous experience of revenge or heard of a case similar in the film. Also revenge has a big impact on the audience as today there are a lot of cases of revenge and obsession. This obsession and revenge theme shows the audience what the extremes of these themes can be for the victim and what affect it can have on the victims life.

Conclusion:

The Themes that i will use in my thrillers are death this is a definite theme that i will use because with a death in a thriller this will chile the audience and really scary the audience which is my objective. Also i will have the theme of obsession which will will chile the audience as the audience can be manipulated by an obsession theme.