Brief History

In order to help build our ideas for our thriller piece, I have researched the history of thriller films and will take this information I have found into account when planning our film piece.


Media Timeline:



(source: http://www.disabilityplanet.co.uk/critical-analysis.html)


The Kuleshov Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLBXikghE0


Kuleshov and Eisenstein experimented with cut up footage in 1910 to 1920. They did this to see how the results would get different responses from audiences depending on what the sequence showed. This experiment demonstrated that the context of a piece of footage is vitally important. Political film makers often used this technique for propaganda purposes.


Thriller Films

Earliest 'thrillers':

• Safety Last (1923)
• The Cat and the Canary (1927)
• The Bat Whispers (1930)
• M (1931)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
• Murders in the Zoo (1933)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Laura (film noir - 1944)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
• The Spiral Staircase (1945)
• The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
• Sorry, Wrong Number 91948)
• The Third Man (1949)

(source: http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html)