2. Codes and Conventions
• Thriller film is a genre that revolves around
anticipation and suspense. A novel, play, or
movie with an exiting plot, typically involving
crime or expionage.
3. Conventions of a thriller
• Fast paced editing and quick cuts
• The colours black and white
• Protagonist and antagonist
• Tilting- camera shot from feet to head
4. The Dark Knight Rises
• In the dark knight rises, extreme long shot are
used to establish the mise en scene o a large
built up city echoing the protagonist flight and
symbolising his entrapment. This setting the
scene. This could also faw-shadow future
events of trying to break free.
5. Pulp Fiction
• In pulp fiction it seems to lean heavily on
quick cuts and fast music to engage the
audience to both the suspense and comedic
aspects of the film
6. The dark swan
• The dark swan. Similar to Pulp fiction in
leaning on quick cuts, it does use black and
white to show the protagonist and antagonist
during the film. This could be to give the
audience the peace of mind to the audience