1. Different types of thriller
Crime- crime thrillers are different because they usually include
detectives and characters with jobs in authority E.g. Seven.
Psychological- are different as they cause suspense for the audience by affecting your mind.
E.g. The Butterfly Effect.
Science fiction- different because they use sophisticated technology to captivate the
audience’s attention and to make the film tense and. E.g. Knowing.
Supernatural- different because the director could try and make it look realistic which would
scare the audience.
Conventions of the thriller genre
Dark lighting to create an eerie
atmosphere
Eerie/tense music
Close ups to show the characters
emotions
Iconography e.g. knives, guns,
mirrors.
Location e.g. A city to show normal
life and for the audience to relate to
it. This would be most suitable for
political and crime thrillers.
