Narratives

There are four different types of narratives found in Thrillers; Linear, Non-linear, Restricted and Omniscient.
These four different types all have different effects on thrillers and is used to apply certain effect to different Thriller sub-genres.

Linear
-The Linear narrative is the classical, stereotypical storyline that is shown in chronological order.
-It has a beginning, middle and end, building the suspense of the Thriller as it goes.
-It is usually Paired with Omniscient
-An example of a Linear being used in a thriller is Taken.

Non-Linear

-Non-Linear is designed to throw the audience off track of the film when they finally think they are beginning to understand what is happening.
-This is usually done with flashbacks, as new information comes into light for both the Protagonist and the audience.
-Or the film could start at the end scene backtrack to the beginning to see how that all came into play.
-Non-Linear is usually paired with Restricted.
-An example of Non-Linear being used in a Thriller is Shutter Island.



Restricted
-The Restrictive narrative shows the audience only what the Protagonist knows.
-It keeps them in the dark and when something is revealed to the main character it is revealed to the
audience, building suspense.
-Also the mystery that everyone else knows more than the Protagonist.
-An example of this is the sixth sense.




Omniscient
-The Omniscient narrative is when the audiences knows everything about the characters.
-The audience knows who the killer is throughout the whole thing building the tension as the story unravels for the detectives.
-The whole thing is based around the suspense of if they find out who the real killer is or if there too late.
-An example of a film that uses Omniscient is silence of the lambs.

Conclusion

When making my Planning my Opening scene for my Thriller I will have to consider what type of narrative I will use and also if I will be pairing two together.