This pie chart shows the results from our quick interviews we carried out. We walked around our school and asked a range of ages what they thought was the best thriller genre and what interests them the most. We found (and as you can see from the pie

chart) that the most popular thriller genre was Action; we came up with the reason that this may have been because it was either the first on the list and saved people from

reading the rest of the list if they couldn’t be bothered. Also Action thrillers are probably the most popular because they are advertised the most and most films are categorised

under Action thrillers, so are well-known to the public.

Action = 11Conspiracy =1Crime = 4Disaster = 5Drama = 3Eco = 1Erotic = 8Legal = 1Medical = 1Political = 0Psychological = 2Spy = 5Techno = 1

As part of our primary and secondary research, we researched using the internet the top 50 rated thrillers. After finding the top 50 thrillers we them broke them down into categories of

their genres. From this will be able to identify the most popular thriller genre. Below is the list of The ‘Top 50 Thrillers…’

1. The God Father (1972)2. The God Father, Part 2 (1974)3. Pulp Fiction (1994)4. The Dark Knight (2008)5. Rear Window (1954)6. Fight Club (1999)7. Psycho (1960)8. The Usual Suspects (1995)9. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)10.North By Northwest (1959)11.The Matrix (1999)12. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(1964)

13.Memento (2000)14.Se7en (1995)15.Léon (1994)16.Taxi Driver (1976)17.Vertigo (1958)18.Double Indemnity (1944)19.M (1931)20.The Third Man (1949)21.Alien (1979)22.Das Leben der Anderen (2006)23.Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)24.The Shining (1980)25.China Town (1974)

26. A Clockwork Orange (1971)27. The Departed (2006)28. Aliens (1986)29. LA Confidential (1997)30. Reservoir Dogs (1992)31. Rebecca (1940)32. El laberinto del fauno (2006)33. Some Like it Hot (1959)34. Metropolis (1927)35. District 9 (2009)36. Touch Of Evil (1958)37. The Prestige (2006)38. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)39. The Great Escape (1963)40. Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)41. Strangers on a Train (1951)42. Safety Last! (1923)43. Les diaboliques (1955)44. Notorious (1946)45. Sin City (2005)46. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 47. The Big Sleep (1946)48. Hotel Rwanda (2004)49. Jaws (1975)50. Le salaire de la peur (1943)

This Slide Shows us each film in the top 50 thrillers again but this time with their genre…

1. The God Father (1972) = Crime/Drama Thriller2. The God Father, Part 2 (1974) = Crime/Drama Thriller3. Pulp Fiction (1994) = Crime/Drama Thriller4. The Dark Knight (2008) = Crime/Action Thriller5. Rear Window (1954) = Crime/Mystery/Romance Thriller6. Fight Club (1999) = Mystery/Drama Thriller7. Psycho (1960) = Horror Thriller8. The Usual Suspects (1995) = Crime/Mystery Thriller9. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) = Crime Thriller10.North By Northwest (1959) = Action/Mystery/Crime

Thriller11.The Matrix (1999) = Action/Adventure/ Sci-Fi12. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(1964)

13.Memento (2000) = Mystery Thriller14.Se7en (1995) = Crime/Mystery Thriller15.Léon (1994) = Crime/Drama Thriller16.Taxi Driver (1976) = Drama Thriller17.Vertigo (1958) = Crime/Mystery/Romance Thriller18.Double Indemnity (1944) = Crime Thriller19.M (1931) = Crime Thriller20.The Third Man (1949) = Mystery Thriller21.Alien (1979) = Horror Sci-Fi Thriller22.Das Leben der Anderen (2006) = Drama Thriller23.Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) = Action Sci-Fi

Thriller24.The Shining (1980) = Horror Thriller25.China Town (1974) = Mystery Thriller

26. A Clockwork Orange (1971) = Crime/Drama Thriller27. The Departed (2006) = Crime/Mystery Thriller28. Aliens (1986) = Crime/Action/Horror/ Sci-Fi Thriller29. LA Confidential (1997) = Crime/Mystery Thriller30. Reservoir Dogs (1992) = Crime/Drama Thriller31. Rebecca (1940) = Mystery/Romance Thriller32. El laberinto del fauno (2006) = Mystery/Drama Thriller33. Some Like it Hot (1959) = Crime/Action/Drama Thriller34. Metropolis (1927) = Action/Drama/Sci-Fi Thriller35. District 9 (2009) = Action/Drama/ Sci-Fi Thriller36. Touch Of Evil (1958) = Crime Thriller37. The Prestige (2006) = Mystery/Drama/ Sci-Fi Thriller38. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) = Crime/Drama/ Mystery Thriller

39. The Great Escape (1963) = Action/Drama Thriller40. Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) = Crime/Drama

Thriller41. Strangers on a Train (1951) = Crime/Mystery Thriller42. Safety Last! (1923) = Comedy/Romance Thriller43. Les diaboliques (1955) = Crime/Horror/Mystery Thriller44. Notorious (1946) = Romance Thriller45. Sin City (2005) = Crime/Action Thriller46. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) = Mystery/Drama

Thriller47. The Big Sleep (1946) = Crime/Mystery Thriller48. Hotel Rwanda (2004) = Drama Thriller49. Jaws (1975) = Horror/Drama Thriller50. Le salaire de la peur (1943) = Action/Drama Thriller

Genre Tallied Ratings Ratings

Action IIIIIIIIIII 11

Crime IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 24

Mystery IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 18

Sci-Fi IIIIIII 7

Drama IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 21

Romance IIIII 5

Comedy And Adventure II 2

As you can see from the table on the previous page the most popular Thriller Genre according to out online research was a Crime Thriller.

Top Thriller Genre

1. Crime Thriller 2. Drama Thriller 3. Mystery Thriller 4. Action 5. Sci-Fi 6. Romance 7. Comedy and Adventure

Crime Thrillers may be the most popular because they are probably advertised and

promoted the most. Also there are many films around which are said to be Crime Thrillers, so

are known the most.

Examples of Crime Thrillers are:

Jaws, The Bourne Identity, The Punisher, The Football Factory, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V.

For the second part of our primary and secondary research, we created and

handed out surveys to 40 people and asked them to complete it. An example of

our survey is on the left...

We had 3 different survey for 3 different age groups. The one on the left is for the lower age group. We did this because we

wanted a wider variety of results.

We put our found results into graphs to give us a clear picture of what is the most popular; genre, opening of a scene and setting.

The ResultsThe Graph below shows the number of people who picked each type of genre and what

was the most popular.

Number of people picking each Genre

People’s Favourite Genres

The ResultsThe Graph below shows the number of people who picked each ideal opening to a thriller

and what was the most popular..

People’s Ideal Opening to Thrillers.

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results are from our online survey.

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The Graph below shows the number of people who picked each ideal opening to a thriller and what was the most popular..

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The Graph below shows the number of people who picked each type of setting to a thriller and what was the most popular.

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From all of the results we collected by interviewing, online surveys, handouts and internet research we can conclude our final results.

Action = 54 Crime = 47Drama = 27Mystery = 18Spy = 11Disaster = 10Erotic = 10Psychological = 9Sci–Fi = 7Conspiracy = 7Techno = 7Romance = 5Political = 4Medical = 2Comedy and Adventure =2Legal =1 Eco = 1

From our research we found that the most popular thriller genre according to the people we Surveyed and asked

was Action thriller. We as a group felt that Action thrillers may have been the most popular Thriller genre because it is the most advertised genre and has many and probably the most popular films around which are

categorised under this genre.

From all of the results we collected by interviewing, online surveys, handouts and internet research we can conclude our final results.

From our research we found that the ideal opening to a thriller is either an explosive scene or being left with an enigma. Both of these results tie in which each other

as an explosive scene can be an enigma as, as the audience we don’t know what is going on or the causes of

the explosion; it’s all a mystery to us.

Opening titles showing the setting: 8

A Nice Introduction to the characters: 15

Explosive Scene: 23

Murder scene: 9

Left with an Enigma: 23

From all of the results we collected by interviewing, online surveys, handouts and internet research we can conclude our final results.

From our research we found out peoples thoughts on what makes a good thriller and this was; Suspense.

Suspense keeps the audience intrigued in the film and also keeps the audience interested and wanting to carry

on watching the film.

Suspense: 48

Death: 4

Lots of Stunts: 13

Gore: 2

Jumpy: 12

From all of the results we collected by interviewing, online surveys, handouts and internet research we can conclude our final results.

From our research we found that the best and most popular setting for a thriller is in a city. A thriller being set in a city makes the film more realistic and maybe

makes the audience more frightened as it’s in a real life situation. The city gives more places to include in your

film and varies the scenes.

Other: 4

Factory: 3

School: 3

Forest: 9

A House: 5

Underground: 19

City: 37