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A Study Of Hollywood Thriller Plays

Posted on:2021-05-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330626954689Subject:Film
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Hollywood film has long been out of the traditional type of film track of development.Instead,it's a hybrid of different genres.Especially since the 1960 s,with the rapid development of new Hollywood films,anti-genre films emerge one after another,and the mixing degree of genre films is getting higher and higher.Thriller,as a typical type of hybrid film,can not only provide a nervous and frightened watching mood just like traditional horror films,but also make the audience have a deep anxiety through the setting of plot suspense.Thrillers were sub-genres of horror film until the 1960 s,marked by director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho in 1960,the Genre Thriller is coming of age.Therefore,in terms of audio-visual language style,Thrillers are inevitably influenced by horror film.The popularity of film noir in the 40 s and 50 s had a profound impact on the form and style of Thrillers.And the core narrative of the Thriller is constructed by a series of films made by director Hitchcock.The theme of the Thriller fit the current situation of American society and culture.It reflects the fear and anxiety of americans at different times.Especially with the development of Internet technology,the use of computers and smartphones as narrative media has produced a unique type of "network thriller".In Thrillers,closed narrative space is often used.Closed space can directly participate in the film narrative,thus speeding up the narrative rhythm and generating strong suspense and thriller atmosphere.In the open narrative space,the thriller still constructs an irrational horror world.In the network narrative space,people's anxiety and powerlessness towards the unknown space and the dark side of human nature are directly exposed.Linear and nonlinear structures are used in the narrative structure to construct the story suspense from the limited narrative angle.Thrillers as a kind of genre film,the typological characters are indispensable,not the same,but with the change of society and market.Among them,the female role has completed the "tripletransformation" from traditional passive to modern active.Similarly,male character in Thrillers is increasingly subverting traditional genre roles.The fusion and subversion of traditional genre films are the genre attributes of thriller films,and the fear and anxiety generated by them are exactly the audience's expectations for the genre of thriller films.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hollywood, Thriller, Screenwriting, Film narrative, Genre film
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