section 1 the thriller genre

'The Thrillers' book was wrote by Martin Ruben, it shows a range of critics and and authors to examine basic ingredients of a thriller starting with G.K Chesterton.

G.K Chesterton:
he felt he had to defend the genre when a film began, and was determined it was a modern genre and most likely got this idea from the urban landscapes in thriller films. his aim was to find the 'poetry of modern life' to give him excitement in everyday environments and transform the ordinary life into the extraordinary.

Northrop Frye:
he builds up on Chesterton's critique. he also believes that in each thriller the hero is usually an ordinary person and it relates to a romance, this is because in a romance the hero is in a world in which the laws of nature are suspended. he gives the impression the enchanted forest turns into a modern city.

John Caweliti:
He combines both Chesterton and Frye's ideas and does not really add onto it. the only thing he says it that a thriller transforms critic from modern centre commerce industry and science into a place of enchantment and mystery and repeats Chesterton's theory of introducing 'the exotic' into everyday life to make it seem as though it is not just a typical thriller.

W.H Matthews:
His work relates to mazes and labyrinths in fiction, he adds in that it is the image of 'Theseus' going through mazes, twists and turns, puzzles and dead ends. he designs a thriller complex so the audience doesn't solve the problem too easily but designed so they can deduce it so it is not aimless and it makes them feel as though they are part of 'A puzzling journey.'

Pascal Bonitzer:
He follows on from Matthews and says that he is describing partial vision advocates magazines, he believes the audience should only see so much of what is going, for example using lighting to show a small section of what is on set.

Lars Ole Saurberg:
talks about the 2 ways suspense can be added. such as deliberately hiding something from the audience or delaying or protracting on the expected outcome, when we think that one thing is going happen the story is dragged on to make the audience wait more to build more tension.

Noel Carroll:
talks about the question and answer model, and how it is important to create questions in the thriller which keeps the audience in suspense until the questions are answered. one main question the audience are asked is 'will the hero survive?' this keeps the audience intrigued in the film as they are eager to know the outcome of the film. he creates 'the probability factor' and explains how it is a battle against the odds.