P235 Why Thrillers Thrive

Many people go to the cinema and watch thriller films to get the "thrill" out of the film, many films are related to the audiences life's but instead they have a twist or a difference that makes the life more dangerous and exciting. People can easily put themselves in the shoes of the characters and experience this change of gaining danger. People want to do this because everyday life is dulled down with modern society’s huge safety concerns. The viewer can engross into the screen and the events being displayed yet there safe in a comfortable environment. Unlike with other forms of media that can create a thrill, the screen and film media is one that can create a thrill that leaves the audience with there imagination to scare them yet they aren’t in any physical danger. Sometimes sympathy is created for a character in the film and then that character is put in danger and the viewer feels helpless for the character but wants them to end up safe but is scared for them and doesn’t know if the dangers they face are too large. Then the viewer is put in the position of looking directly at the danger that gives a thrill. Very skilful editing means that very unreal and dangerous situations can be created with no one in any real danger.  The audience loves to be thrilled, the cinema wants the audience to be thrilled, and the director wants the cinema to be happy. So it’s like a chain and because people like to be thrilled the producers are very successful in making the films to gain more money. Films can be given the title of horrific but for a film to be given the title horrible isn’t right, there is a distinct difference between horrible and horrific. Horrible films are bound to fail because they are portraying things that aren’t acceptable in the human healthy mind. Thriller will thrive because a thriller has to contain content that thrills and excites the audience.

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