Genre Research: The Vanished


 Hey guys, so for this blog I'll be talking about "The Vanished" a film released in 2020. This film had many aspects of a thriller but the execution wasn't the best. The director did include conventions such as lowkey lighting, close-ups, intense non-diegetic music, and used fast paced editing. Even though they did this the director failed to bring the anxiety and suspense that other thrillers have done. Throughout the film the director didn't tell a very good story either. Many things that didn't make sense were happening and most of them were unrealistic. There were a lot of scenes in the film that didn't add up and overall the movie didn't have a consistent story line. While they did keep the mystery aspect in the film they failed to reveal it correctly and actually keep the audience hooked. I can't say the entire film was bad, they did have good aspects to it. There was one scene where they did manage to bring that thriller feeling to the audience, but it wasn't followed by anything else. This was an example of a bad thriller that had the things they needed to make it a thriller but failed to bring it up to its full potential. The director and writer didn't tell a good story overall. All the twists and turns messed with the story and made it harder to follow. Thrillers are supposed to guide their audience through a series of tunnels that lead into others and eventually one solution. The problem with this is they guided their audience into a dead end and for that purpose the story was lost. Another of the few things this movie did well was the casting. The actors played their part well and did show parents who couldn't find their child. This thriller highlighted the aspects of intense storytelling found in a thriller executed badly.

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