Research into McGuffin and Thriller genre

A McGuffin is a element of a plot that catches the viewers attention or that catches the viewers attention becuase it is very intresting. Sometimes, the specific nature of the McGuffin is not important to the plot because it could be just showing how good the plot really is and this makes the audince like the movie. The McGuffin can sometimes be ambiguous, completely undefined, generic or left open to interpretation.The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers. Commonly, though not always, the McGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first scene, and later declines in importance as the struggles of the characters are shown. Sometimes the MacGuffin is even forgotten by the end of the film.

I also watched a thriller film called taken. This film was very effective because it used things such as digetic and non-digetic sound throughout the film. This made the audience more attentive while watching the film. It was about a father and he was a FBI agent and his daughter had been kidnapped. The father was retired but he was going to do anything he could to find her. It had a very compelling plot. I found it to be a very useful film and it gave me much insight into thriller films. It used many camera angles in it to show the different expressions on the characters faces and capture each emotion.