Thrillers quite often crossover with other genres, meaning that the main concept of film may be a thriller, but quite often there is an aspect of Action or Adventure too. You also get thrillers that are more psychological, or thrillers more based on the gory side of things and thrillers based on crime. They all have different ways of affecting there audience. There are many different types of thrillers, the above were just a selected few.
To get more to the point, the aim of a thriller is to keep there audience on edge, with large suspense and sensational action. They often include characteristics such as, plot twists, and red herrings. Thrillers usually contain a lot of action, to give there audience that sudden adrenaline rush and sensation. Thrillers often have a psychological aspect, forcing the audience to think about the film, and look further into it. This is why Thrillers often have back stories and little details that can sometimes be un-noticeable.
Thrillers often contain a hero, who has to overcome some heroic task, often seen impossible (as a story line).
Good Sophie. You could probably come up with a more definitive list of conventions - try looking the term 'thriller' up. Hopefully it won't bring you too much Michael Jackson stuff...
ReplyDeleteAha, i did get swarmed when i looked. It was a tad off putting! :P
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