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Codes and Conventions of
What is a thriller?
• Thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.
What goes into a thriller?• Surprises & Twists• Plays With Viewers Mind• Quick Cuts & Change Of Camera Angles• Music To Add Tension• Use Of Lighting To Create Shadows• Mirrors• Stairs• From Killers Point Of View• Flash Backs• Pass Of Time Sequences• Make Audience Think
• Thrillers can be divided into different categories:
- Action Thrillers- Psychological Thrillers- Military Thrillers- Spy Thrillers- Romantic Thrillers- Crime Thrillers- Western Thrillers- Film-Noir Thrillers
What makes a good Thriller?• A good thriller showcases intense excitement:
building up suspense, tension and anticipation of things to come. As a movie genre, it provides thrills from various circumstances presented in the story, where the protagonist or main character encounters certain types of menacing, mysterious or dangerous situations. When making a thriller movie, you need to keep the question of what comes next foremost in the viewers' minds as the movie progresses.
What makes a good Thriller?
• Focus mainly on editing and sound• Editing tends to be fast paced and quick cuts• Tension is very significant when it comes to thrillers• Black and White are conventions of thrillers. They
bring a more dark feel to the movie.• Mirrors and Stairs are quite often used in thrillers
especially psychological thrillers.• Thrillers usually have a great deal of action cinematic
landscapes or cityscapes or interior ‘mindscapes’
What makes a good Thriller?
• Music is always essential to help build up tension• The use of lighting helps to create shadows etc
building suspense and mystery• Usually see thrillers from killers point of view but not
always• Usually a lot of flashbacks to help develop the
storyline.• Story not elongated otherwise could be boring.
Thriller