Ben Littlejohns Media Coursework Year 1

  In this poster for Reacher, we see the main character, Reacher in the foreground holding a gun, with a blurred-out background which looks like a city alleyway. We can see though the gun in his hand that the show is a thriller, along with Reacher having cuts and bruises across his face. The darker colour palette suggests dark tones to the show, and could be used to target a slightly older audience up to 25, and fans of dark and gritty thrillers. The poster for the first season of squid game shows elements of the thriller genre through the masked characters, which shows secrecy of their identity. The other three characters seem to be physically exhausted, with one having a bleeding cut across his face. There are also explosions placed behind them for the action part of the show. The brighter colour palette could be used to target a younger target audience In the poster for the 6 th season of dexter we are shown the main character holding a knife, with blood wings behind him, depic...

The Thriller genre dates back hundreds of years with literature in the 1800s and early 1900s, but the Thriller genre in TV first began to grow with Alfred Hitchcock development of films in the 1920s, with his first thriller and third ever silent film called 'The Lodger' which was the beginning of the many thrillers he produced during the 30s and 40s.  Over the years, many common subgenres of TV thrillers have emerged, like psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. the thriller genre has often overlapped with the crime, horror and detective genres. The thriller genre is designed to excite audiences, build anticipation and keep people on the edge of their seats throughout watching. Thrillers use devices such as plot twists, cliff hangers and red herrings to keep audiences interested.

  For my posters, I must not include features which go against the rules set by the ASA, meaning the posters must not contain content that would cause too serious levels of fear or distress to people. This is because the posters will be featured on bus stops which would be seen by any members of the public, including children, so the posters must be suitable to be seen by younger audiences. My posters show conventions of the thriller genre through some blood being visible on the characters, and another poster showing someone holding a knife, making the audience question what is going on in the series, building drama and suspense. The antagonist holding the knife will not be visible, again adding uncertainty and drama about the characters and the storyline. There will be both genders visible on the posters so that both genders can feel represented by the show .  My thriller show will appeal to the target audience of 16–25-year-olds by solely featuring people on the posters ...