Why Thrillers Thrive

 People go to the cinema to see life reflected on screen, although it is not based on what normal people experience themselves. It includes different emotional disturbances also known as "thrills". From day to day not many people experience thrills, as a consequence we experience them artificially on screen. These people use cinema to get away from day to day life and enter someone else's who seems more "exciting".
Within a theatre we can see what is happening, but we do not feel threatened and insecure, we feel safe. However this means we cannot engage properly with the characters, as we cannot see every point of view and understand the characters and narrative as easily. Within a film as well as feeling safe and secure, you can also experience the emotion of the characters, relating to their feelings. This is because you are able to get every point of view, using a variety of shots, to make sure the audience understands what is happening. A consequence of a well made film is that the viewer is engaged within the film, feeling as if they are the character and are actually in the film.
A good example of what has been explained above is "hells angles". This contains a pilot trying to destroy a Zeppelin by crashing the plane into it even thought he is going to die him self. as the plane swoops down we see his face become tense and shocked with horror. The shot type then changes to a point of view shot making the audience feel like they are the ones in the plane crashing into the Zeppelin, the screen then turns black.
This shows good cinematic technique as there is no actual harm to the audience as they feel emotionally involved into the film. When cinemas use props or show very disturbing films during there films the audience fear for their safety, this means that the audience don't actually like the film as there sub conscious says they might actually be in danger, which differs to just showing a normal film where the sub conscious knows there safe. Due to the change in technology films are now becoming more commonly produced within 3D, this engages the audience even more as they feel the action in the film is actually going on around them. A good example is Avatar, the blue creatures look like they are flying towards the audience, making the audience physically move out of the way.