Research on Movie Genre

We have agreed that our movie genre is a thriller and we felt it was important to research more into these types of films. We have looked at thrillers and horrors so that we can also understand the difference more clearly and therefore we can make sure that our film fits into the thriller genre more than the horror genre.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later

We looked at the movie '28 Days Later' because we felt that the storyline is similar to that of our film. However, we found that 28 Days Later is actually a horror film. I think that this is because of the violence and gore in the film and this is what makes it fit into the horror category. Therefore, we need to make sure we do not make the opening of our film scary or violent. 

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film)
Also, we looked at the film No Country for Old Men which was released in 2008. We looked at this movie because it is a type of thriller and we wanted to see what sort of certificates thillers usually are. We found that the certificate for this movie is a 15 and we also looked at Inglorourious Basterds and the certificate for that film was an 18. This shows that movies in the thriller genre usually have quite high age certificates. This has showed us that we should make the certificate of our movie a 15.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly_Effect
We looked at the film 'The Butterly Effect' because it is a thriller film. From looking at this we saw how they used short snappy clips in the movie and decided to use this in our opening to create a mysterious feeling to the film.