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Trailer analysis
Thrillers are mysterious and              The serious looks on actors           The serious face again as   Thrillers normally involve
  become more mysterious when it            faces enforced the thriller           actors have to be in a      police in the narrative and
  is based on a true story adding to        narrative as serious and              thriller. Conforms to       this is nor different and
  the plot and drawing the                  conforms to conventions.              conventions                 conforms to conventions
  audience in.




The dark, musky location is            In thrillers confrontations are    Thrillers also have bloodshed       Characters are mostly
key in a thriller and its              made between characters            included in them to make an         serious in thriller trailers
narratives as most thrillers are       and this is no different as it     enigma as seen in the trailer.      to create an enigma for
based in dark locations.               conforms to thriller narrative                                         the audiences.
                                       of confrontation.
The whole trailer is placed in the 20th century in the olden days and represents the issues taking place there as liquor was illegal
then and these gangsters broke the law, this conforms to what we perceive happened in those days as well. They use methods that
are common in attracting an audience: a star cast that each have their own followers, based on a true story, so people will be
interested, represents real problems seen in the world today and splices genres together, gangster, thriller, action which will
further enticer audiences.

                                                                                      Lawless
Seven




Serious face: this conforms      This is a dead body, which is key       This is the killer running          This is another serious
to thriller narratives of        in a thriller and creates the           away, this conforms to the          face to conform to
having serious characters in a   mystery, therefore conforming           thriller narrative as you don’t     thriller conventions and
thriller movie.                  to narratives.                          see his face therefore              also a worried face.
                                                                         conforming to the thriller
                                                                         convention.




                                 The rain helps to make
                                 the atmosphere even
No thriller conforms to the      more sinister as it is a       The red tint helps to make it       These are the tools found in a
thriller convention without      thriller movie and also        sinister as it is also closed       crime scene, making it more
the police solving the           the location is dull and       framing so he is trapped and        mysterious and sinister and
murders.                         dark therefore                 creating the atmosphere of a        conforming thriller
                                 conforming to the thriller     thriller movie, conforming to       conventions.
                                 convention.                    the thriller conventions.

The place is very dark and dull, it is also a city with big tall buildings making the characters even more small and entrapped, therefore they make for a
typical thriller movie, where the protagonist cant seem to catch up to the antagonist as it is a big, massive place. It conforms to typical points of view
where people think thrillers are big dark locations. The fast editing pace and new plot device (seven deadly sins) will help attract interest from
audiences and create a buzz among movie-goers.

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Trailer analysis

  • 2. Thrillers are mysterious and The serious looks on actors The serious face again as Thrillers normally involve become more mysterious when it faces enforced the thriller actors have to be in a police in the narrative and is based on a true story adding to narrative as serious and thriller. Conforms to this is nor different and the plot and drawing the conforms to conventions. conventions conforms to conventions audience in. The dark, musky location is In thrillers confrontations are Thrillers also have bloodshed Characters are mostly key in a thriller and its made between characters included in them to make an serious in thriller trailers narratives as most thrillers are and this is no different as it enigma as seen in the trailer. to create an enigma for based in dark locations. conforms to thriller narrative the audiences. of confrontation. The whole trailer is placed in the 20th century in the olden days and represents the issues taking place there as liquor was illegal then and these gangsters broke the law, this conforms to what we perceive happened in those days as well. They use methods that are common in attracting an audience: a star cast that each have their own followers, based on a true story, so people will be interested, represents real problems seen in the world today and splices genres together, gangster, thriller, action which will further enticer audiences. Lawless
  • 3. Seven Serious face: this conforms This is a dead body, which is key This is the killer running This is another serious to thriller narratives of in a thriller and creates the away, this conforms to the face to conform to having serious characters in a mystery, therefore conforming thriller narrative as you don’t thriller conventions and thriller movie. to narratives. see his face therefore also a worried face. conforming to the thriller convention. The rain helps to make the atmosphere even No thriller conforms to the more sinister as it is a The red tint helps to make it These are the tools found in a thriller convention without thriller movie and also sinister as it is also closed crime scene, making it more the police solving the the location is dull and framing so he is trapped and mysterious and sinister and murders. dark therefore creating the atmosphere of a conforming thriller conforming to the thriller thriller movie, conforming to conventions. convention. the thriller conventions. The place is very dark and dull, it is also a city with big tall buildings making the characters even more small and entrapped, therefore they make for a typical thriller movie, where the protagonist cant seem to catch up to the antagonist as it is a big, massive place. It conforms to typical points of view where people think thrillers are big dark locations. The fast editing pace and new plot device (seven deadly sins) will help attract interest from audiences and create a buzz among movie-goers.