This document discusses the conventions and elements of crime thriller films. Crime thrillers are typically fast-paced films that use suspense and plot twists to keep audiences engaged. They focus on the lives of criminals or villains and contain elements of danger and excitement. While crime thrillers can engage audiences, finding adequate locations and props and maintaining suspense can sometimes be challenging for filmmakers. The document provides examples of well-known crime thrillers like Legend, Sicario, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Punisher.

1. Crime thriller

2. Conventions of crime thrillers
Crime thrillers are fast pace and use suspense in order to capture the audiences attention.
They can include a cliff hanger or a plot twist which also keeps the audience interested in the film
Crime
• Films that focus on the lives of
criminals
• Either realistic criminals or evil
super villains or anywhere in
between
• Usually fast pace
• Full of danger
Thrillers
• Also fast pace
• Suspense, excitement, anxiety
• Plot twists and cliff hangers are used
excessively

3. Pros and cons of crime thrillers
Pros.
• Fast pace
• Keeps audience engaged
• Broad genre to work with
• Has conventions of crime and
thrillers
Cons.
• Finding props could be hard
• Keeping people entertained could be
hard
• Finding adequate locations may be
difficult

4. Examples of crime thrillers
Legend
The film tells the story of
the identical twin
gangsters Reggie and
Ronnie Kray, two of the
most notorious criminals
in British history, and their
organised crime empire in
the East End of London
during the 1960s. Sicario
An idealistic FBI agent is
enlisted by an elected
government task force to
aid in the escalating war
against drugs at the border
area between the U.S. and
Mexico.

5. The Silence Of The Lambs
A young F.B.I. cadet must
confide in an incarcerated
and manipulative killer to
receive his help on catching
another serial killer who skins
his victims.
The punisher
An undercover FBI
agent becomes a
vigilante assassin and
sets out to unleash
vengeance upon the
corrupt businessman
who slew his family