“After I tasted success with erotic thrillers, a time came when I was being offered only films belonging to that genre. The industry loves repeating a success formula, and the audience had formed a certain image of mine in their minds.” MindFilmCertainAudienceMinesIndustryGenreBelongingFormulasEroticThrillers Author:Emraan Hashmi
“If you can get the audience to talk to the screen, I just thought that was so cool, and I wanted to do that. And I just leaned towards the scary and the thriller. I find it very emotional. I want to make emotional horror. If I can make you cry, than you have a full experience.” IfsWantI CanWantedAudienceCryEmotionalHorrorScaryScreensThrillersMake You Cry Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“Kickback is a police thriller which I wrote. I'm very proud of it. I did it in two parts for France because when I wrote it, there wasn't the audience demand for crime stuff that there is now.” TwoStuffAudienceCrimeProudDemandPoliceFranceThrillers Author:David Lloyd
“About my work, my first film, Écoute le Temps (Fissures), was positioned by distributors as a thriller because they thought that it would sell more easily. But it was surely a mistake, as that kind of viewer did not take the bait, and it drew away its potential core audience, those whom I met in festivals and in various Q&As who seem to appreciate that particular kind of cross-over arthouse film.” FirstsKindSeemsFilmMistakeAudienceParticularMetsAppreciateCrossesSellsVariousCoreViewersFestivalsThrillersBaitDistributors Author:Alante Kavaite
“Usually it's just material that resonates with me and I never know exactly what that's gonna be. And there's obviously a certain persuasion, if you will. It's dependent upon the fact that I'm known for certain genres. So, that influences my decision making as well. I mean I'd love to, for example, do an action thriller but there are a lot of very talented people doing that and so it would be very difficult for me to switch over to that genre. So, I do look for things that I know (will resonate with) my audience.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsLooksMeanFactsWould BeActionCertainDifficultDecisionKnownAudienceInfluenceExampleMaterialsGenreDependentDecision MakingPersuasionThrillers Author:Michael Landon, Jr.
“When you're watching an action movie, you experience an action movie more outside of the aquarium, you're out of the aquarium looking in at all the swimming fish that are in there. Whereas horror films and thrillers are designed to put the audience into that box, into that aquarium.” ActionFilmAudienceHorrorFishesBoxesSwimmingThrillersHorror FilmAction MovieAquariums Author:James Wan
“When you're making a psychological thriller, what you need to do is have an audience on shifting sand so they're never quite sure where they are.” NeedsAudiencePsychologicalSandNever QuitShiftingThrillersPsychological ThrillersShifting Sand Author:Mark Strong