Focus Group Findings

Expectations on a thriller are usually quite high. Audiences often presume that the film is going to excite them and put them on edge at some stage, during the scene. These thrill seekers go to see films that appear frightening, because they want to be entertained and not just bored during the sequence. They want to be put on edge and that is why thrillers are so effective at doing this.

What creates a good thriller is the ability to get the audience on the edge of their seat. Leave the receivers in a sense of unease and so that they do not know what to expect next in a certain scene, like jumping from shot to shot successfully, and implimenting suitable music and sound effects to add to the overall influence it has on the audience.

Quick cuts that mess with the audiences mind and build up a general atomsphere of suspense. Making the audience think about what potentially could happen, giving them all different types of alternatives to what may occour, then rapidly shock the watchers. Providing thrills from various circumstances evident in the story, where the protagonist/main character encounters certain types of menace,mysterious or dangerous situations. When making a thriller movie, the question of what comes next foremost in the viewers' minds as the movie progresses is very key. Fast paced and a lot of actions that the audience must take in to enable to them to fully be gripped by the storyline.