Thriller and Sub Genres - Task 1

Techno Thriller:

i Robot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzg1mzwZDko

Above is a link to a sequence of the film. There are many conventions within the sequence that express to us that the film is a techno thriller. For example the convention used is revealing the story line, which from this clip you can see is robots vs humans. This reflects a techno thriller because in the clip you can see there is use of sophisticated technology that plays a key role in taking over the world. It also follows the science theory of how robots can be made to be just like humans once again following the features of a techno thriller.

Terminator:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KeniFoiT-0

Above is a sequence of the film. The clip uses the convention of engaging the audience and creating suspense. They achieve this by showing a robot aiming to destroy humans. This links to being a techno thriller as it reflects the features of a techno thriller such as technology playing prominent roles in taking over the world and also reflects science assumptions such as robots will one day exist and be just ask functional as humans. All this, is features of techno thrillers.

Crime Thriller:

Inside Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WRxsmqercg

Above is a sequence of the film. The clip uses the convention of introducing the main character. This helps indicate that it is a crime thriller because it focuses more on the criminals and their activities in leading up to a crime (which is a feature of a crime thriller). It also achieves being a central topic of a crime thriller (robberies).

Reservoir Dogs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvoKT481EmU

Above is a sequence of the film. The clip uses conventions such as revealing the story line and introducing the main characters. These conventions help indicate that the film is a crime thriller because it focuses on the criminals and their activities leading up to the crime (which is what a crime thriller aims to do). It also fulfills many of the central topics of crime thrillers such as robberies and murder.