I chose the film series "Breaking Bad" by Vince Gilligan for my oral presentation. The series is about a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. On the verge of being bankrupt with a baby on the way, the main character "Walter White" becomes inspired to join the drug underground and "cook" the purest crystal meth. This series takes numerous twists and turns, opening possibility for the classification of multiple genres. Generally, I would consider the series under the genre of "thriller."
The Thriller genre is consists of filmic elements that cause suspense or "on edge" feelings. Thriller genre is not to be confused with Horror. One of the first Thriller films was Harold Lloyd's Safety Last (1923). This film came out post-WWI and the Great Depression had recently begun, which obviously had a lot of influence on the film's narrative.
An common and important element in Thriller films is time. Time is important because it creates suspense in the sense that there is a countdown leading up to something. Time plays a big role in the series Breaking Bad because Walter is given a countdown on how long he has left to live. In the end, everything Walter White had done was for his family so that they would be financially stable after he was gone.
The Thriller genre is consists of filmic elements that cause suspense or "on edge" feelings. Thriller genre is not to be confused with Horror. One of the first Thriller films was Harold Lloyd's Safety Last (1923). This film came out post-WWI and the Great Depression had recently begun, which obviously had a lot of influence on the film's narrative.
An common and important element in Thriller films is time. Time is important because it creates suspense in the sense that there is a countdown leading up to something. Time plays a big role in the series Breaking Bad because Walter is given a countdown on how long he has left to live. In the end, everything Walter White had done was for his family so that they would be financially stable after he was gone.
