2. Thrillers?
The genre thriller can come in many forms; books, films and
TV programmes.
The genre often creates a suspenseful, tension and exciting
atmosphere.
Keeping the audience in the dark and keeping them wanting
more. Thrillers normally have high expectations
As a audience we always expect a villain after a vulnerable
victim
MYSTERY

3. Types of thrillers
Keeping in mind that not all thrillers are violence related, there
isn’t one type of thriller, there can be many different
types....
• Romantic (Safe Haven & Twilight)
• Sci Fi (Inception & Matrix)
• Action (Thr dark knight rises & Safe House)
• Crime (The bourne ultimatum & Taken )
• Psychological (Black Swan & Saw)
• Paranormal (The ring & Paranormal activities )

4. The Dark
Knight rises is
a massive hit.
People are
always left in
the dark
whether
Gotham
(victims) will
be saved by
batman
All of the paranormal
activities movies are
paranormal thriller
based, because as a
audience we don't
know who’s causing
the supernatural
events and we are
left lurking in the dark
about when the
protagonist will be
attacked.
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Safe haven
doesn’t come
across as a
thrill at first but
we start to
learn that the
female
character
(protagonist)
will be freed
from the
shadows of the
villain.

5. Codes and Conventions
Music is important when making a thriller- the music has
to be scary and suspenseful, as this will help play
with the audience
Themes such as suspense, dark, mysterious, gloomy
and scary.
Colours such as black, red and green represent
thrillers
Blood represents a thriller, this is what comes to mind
when you hear thriller. Keeping in mind that not all
thrillers have to be violence related.

6. Characters
• Most of the time you will get two types of characters in a
thriller movie.........
1.
2.
Pro-antagonist: This is the vulnerable and naive victim. Most
of the time the it will be a innocent female to play this role
Antagonist: Is the villain in other sense, they seem to be dark
and mysterious about there identity and reasons for attacks
Janet Leigh is famously
know for the movies she
stared in. Psycho was the
most famous she stared in
Matt Damon is famously known for
starring in the Bourne Ultimatum. He
is one of the more modern actors
around.

7. Case study
• Name: Christopher Nolan
• Directed: The dark knight rises. Inception,
Memento and Insomnia
• As you can tell most of the movies that
Christopher Nolan has produced have a
sense of thrill involved. The dark knight
rises is one the top sellers. He is
experienced in making top quality thriller
movies. He also directed Inception which
was another top ranking thriller.
• He is well educated in making movies and is
good at keeping the audience in the dark.