Research: Narrative themes - Miss Begum

Narrative themes

A theme is a subject which is applied to a film for the audience to understand, at length what is expected of it. They are important to the audience as it helps them understand the narrative more. For example if a theme is violence in the movie then the audience would expect there to be a lot of fights in the film.

Themes and genres

Themes are dependent on the genre because for example if you had a romance movie there would not likely be a theme of death and violence but if it was a thriller and an action movie you would most likely see those themes in those movies.

Common themes in thriller and why

Common themes in thriller are:

Violence

Religious

Supernatural

Death

Gore

Rebellion

These are common themes in order to make the movie scarier and have a psychological and physiological effect on the audience.

Impact of themes on the audience

The impact it has on audience are either psychological or physiological in thriller as these themes normally scare the audience because thriller films are meant to frighten and scare the audience. Furthermore the themes have effect on the narrative as well because if there is a theme of death in the narrative then obviously someone is going to die in the movie.

Conclusion

In conclusion researching about narrative themes as helped improve my understanding on why different themes are used. This has also helped me decide what theme I am going to use for my thriller opening scene which will probably be things like violence, death, gore and supernatural stuff.