A little history lesson of thrillers and how they have changed !

One of the earliest 'thrillers' was a comic directed by Fred Meyer and Sam Taylor in 1923 , called 'safety last ! ' the plot is a a country boy (Lloyd) who moves to the city to seek success . While working as a clerk in a department store he talks the manager in to offering $1000 to any one who can bring more customers to the store. He then arranges a friend, the *human fly* to climb the face of the store building as a publisity stunt. Un fortunatly the *human fly* is a wanted man , when the law shows , our hero himself must climb the building himself . And at the top at the ledge he encounters new difficulties , climaxing in the famous clock scene.

This thriller seems extremely tame compared to the car chases and dare devil stunts which are seen in modern thrillers . The reasons for these changes are partyly due to changes in technoloy as their is a wider variety of special effects and new filming technology eg high tech green screens and the more in depth use of editing. Another main reason for a change in thrillers is due to the change in the media, producers and directors have become more extreme and virtually limitless in to what their thrillers can contain , this it to keep up with the consumers as they have to have a memorable drametic shock effect to make it more compelling for their audiences .