Media A level North By Northwest

Media A Level North By Northwest
The hero in this film is played by Carry Grant who was a very famous and well known actor throughout the 1950's.
This trailer will appeal to the audience because it gives us an insight to the story without giving everything away but it also shows the high amount of fast paced action that is in the film. The audience will feel that this is an exciting and genuinely thrilling film.
The story shows a man who's identity is mistaken for a government spy and he is chased across the country as he looks for safety and new ways to evade his pursuers.
In North By NorthWest the hero is up against villains who are much better equipped than he is so he must use his intelligence to outsmart his pursuers.
In North By NorthWest devices like suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used a lot. A Red herring is used when the woman shoots the man so it looks like he is killed however later on in the film we learn that she shot a blank and that he didn't really die. A Cliffhanger is used right at the end of the film where the two main characters are trying to escape the villains on mount rush more and the film ends just as it looks like the woman is going to fall and die.
The crop duster scene is iconic as nothing as big as that had ever been seen before and it is such a big impact on the way action scenes were filmed in the future, many people from all over the world will recognise the famous crop duster scene.

“A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby he presents obstacles the hero must overcome.” This is true with North By NorthWest because we see the very smart villains out smart the hero in many occasions but then you see the hero come up with new ways to overcome the challenges that the villains have thrown at him, however the villains and the hero are evenly matched as  at the end they're both at the same place and they are both pretty evenly matched.

“Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action” This is true in North By NorthWest as the auction scene shows when there is lots of commotion and the hero finds a smart escape plan.