What is a thriller? In bullet form identify the conventions of a thriller.
Thriller conventions
- cliffhanger??
- candle lit room
- eerie/tense music
- weapons e.g. axes, knives and guns
- gore
- scare the audience
- shaking camera
- getting a thrill
- suspense
- keeps them enticed
- crime
- killers
- dim lighting
- cops
- keeps the audience questioning
- simple costumes yet powerful
- adrenaline
- sci-fi
- crows
- red herring (false alarm or clue)
- diversions
- make audience feel part of film
- stereotypical conditions (bad things, rain, dark, happy good scenes, sunny).
- Slow build up
- death, threat of death or danger
Conventions of opening of the faculty
- eerie music, heading to the coach
- tension building up due to music
- gore
- violence
- dark rooms
- little bit of light shinning in through the window from street lights
- puts you in a false sense of safety
- bad events are taking place in the night, whereas good, happy and positive things take place in the day
- red herring. The boy on the football pitch and the woman who made the audience think she is going to help her
- claustrophobic framing used when the headteacher is running around the building
- empathy or empathise with the character/protagonist
- hand held, shakes the camera, adds realism and adds to the drama and tension
Hybrids
Crime – thriller
Horror – thriller
Sci-fi – thriller
Action – thriller
Supernatural – thriller
Zombie – thriller
Erotica – thriller
Legal – thriller
Medical – thriller
Mystery – thriller
Political – thriller
Psychological – thriller
Revenge – thriller
Religious – thriller
Techno - thriller
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