More Thriller Conventions

Narrative

The narrative of a thriller is normally shown from two characters point of view. The first being the protagonist, which involves the audience more in events and creates empasthy for the character. Sometimes the story is told from the view of the villian, which can lead to empathy for the villian also at their twisted understanding or disturbing past that has led to the present. Although it can also create a sense of guilt. Also the story can be told from the point of view of an onlooker, detatching the audience from events so they are more observent.
The storyline in thrillers enable the audience to guess what is going to happen next, this causes tension throughout the film as what they guess is normally wrong so they are constantly waiting to find out what is going to happen. This creates suspence for the audience and makes them sit at the edge of their seats as they are waiting for the big climax at the end of the film to finally reveal the main plot or twist.

Characters and costumes

The dress code for characters in thrillers are very different depending on what kind of thriller it is. For example crime thrillers, characters tend to dress very smartly in suits or in police outfits depending on what the crime thriller is about. A good example of this is James Bond. The dress code in other thrillers are very casual as this makes it very realistic to the audience and the audience can also relate to the characters. In supernatural thrillers characters tend to wear white costumes reflecting on the ghost theme. The costumes really depend on what the plot is in the thriller for example if the victum is running away from someone then they will be wearing ripped, mucky clothing. If the man is trying to look tough then he will tend to wear very masculine clothing and if the women is trying to look weak then she will wear very feminine clothing. Women also tend to wear very revealing and sexy costumes. Sometimes the clothing can be very unusual if the character is trying to show that he is mental.

The types of characters in thrillers:

• Hero and Villian
• Victum
• a mental person
• a murderer
• a detective
• police
• erotic women
• ghosts

Setting

The setting tends to be somewhere that the audience are familiar with so then they can relate to the film themselves. It also makes the film seem a lot more realistic. Also it will make the audience seem a lot more on edge as these are situations they are familiar with it shows the audience that these kinds of events can happen in their everyday normal lives and makes the situation seem a lot more scary for them. Again though the setting really depends on the plot of the film.

Mise-en-Scene

• weapons
• dark lighting (low key)
• knives
• blood

All these things are to help create tension within a film and the audience will feel threatened and scared by these things as we do not see them in everyday life. The dark lighting helps creates a mood for the film and shows the audience that it is not going to be very happy but scary and dull. The blood can represent danger.