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History of the thriller genre.

this is some information on the history of the thriller genre. it is made up of a list of famous directors who have made successful thriller movies as well as how many movies the have directed. in addition to this, there has been information added on a famous director(steven speilberg) on one of his most famous films "Jaws" as an example for his work.

Directors: Old and New

Directors	Total movies	Top 3 movies
Alfred Hitchcock	58	Psycho, the 39^th step, vertigo.
Martin Scorsese	31	Taxi driver, after hours, the departed.
Steven Spielberg	32	Jaws, Indiana Jones, Star Wars.
James Cameron	13	Aliens, Terminator, Avatar.
Quentin Tarantino	9	Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 +2, Reservoir Dogs.

Techniques

How does Spielberg make his films have suspense? and how is it different to other directors?

“Jaws” is regarded as a watershed film in motion picture history, the father of the summer blockbuster movie and one of the first "high concept" films. Due to the film's success in advance screenings, studio executives decided to distribute it in a much wider release than ever before. The Omen followed suit in the summer of 1976 and then Star Wars one year later in 1977, cementing the notion for movie studios to distribute their big-release action and adventure pictures during the summer. “Jaws” is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Jaws was number 48 on American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies, a list of the greatest American films of all time, dropping down to number 56 on the 10 Year Anniversary list. It was ranked second on a similar list for thrillers, 100 Years... 100 Thrills. The film was followed by three sequels, none with the participation of Spielberg or Benchley: Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). A video game titled Jaws Unleashed was produced in 2006.

There are some differences of the old and new directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino. Hitcock's films were alot more to with suspense and finding out who was the antagonist is. on the other hand Quentin Tarantino's films are different because we know who the antagonist is already, and how the protagonist is going to catch him.