The document discusses conventions commonly found in thriller movies that the author plans to incorporate into the opening sequence of their horror thriller film. These include: 1) A large, old house where most of the action and horrors will take place, troubling the main protagonists. 2) The use of blood, which creates suspense by signifying danger and violence. 3) Dangerous weapons like knives that emphasize threats and build suspense by their potential to hurt someone. 4) Eliciting emotions of fear and sympathy from the audience by relating them to the doomed situations of the characters. 5) Clearly establishing an antagonist that troubles the protagonist throughout the film.

1. By Fahad Nazor

3. Image 1 - large old house:
The reason why I’ve picked and added this specific house to my mood
board is because this is the house that will contain most of the action
that will occur in my actual movie. It will be the house where the horror
element of my thriller comes into play and also where the main and
venerable protagonists involved will be troubled by the antagonist.
This house is a typical convention in thriller movies like the one I am
planning to produce an opening sequence to as it is commonly found in
them and because of the fact that a house in general is normally seen
as a place full of protection, peace and rest ‘Home sweet home’ and
when movies attack that perception through horror it work with full
affect in engaging the audience.
The house is also a perfect size for all the horrific action my film would
consist of giving it a great range of possible scenes to shoot from in
order to help the setting build suspense.

4. Image 2- Blood:
This image is a very important and typical convention found
in nearly almost every single thriller that’s ever been made.
Especially in thrillers under the sub genre of horror, the use
of blood is very important and very common as there is a
large use of violence and death within those type of films
and blood is a feature that easily allows the audience to
recognize when something dangerous is about to or has
happened. It is one of the best ingredients used by film
makers in order to create suspense as it can quickly cause
viewers to feel terrified or anxious to what they’re seeing
going on in the actual film because of the fact that the view
of blood is known to be a sign of bad, evil or killing. These
are all things my movie will include therefore proving its
overall affect.

5. Image 3- knives and dangerous weaponry:
Dangerous weapons like knives are also definitely very
common in thriller movies. Not only do they create suspense
and tension within an audience because of how lethal they are
known to be and how ugly things can get if fallen into and used
by the wrong hands, but also because they emphasize danger
and a threat to someone or something's safety which is exactly
why they are used in so many thriller/horror movies. The
audience automatically know someone is about to get hurt
when these are involved building up instant suspense (The
most important concept of thrillers) and instant engagement
through curiosity from the crowd, which in all would make the
perfect ingredients for an effective and good horror thriller
film.

6. Image 4 (combination)- expressions of fear and grief:
All thriller movies no matter what subgenre they are under try to
make the audience feel in a certain way in order for them to be
successful and reach the objective of creating feelings of some type
of thrill within their viewers. In the subgenre I am aiming to follow
and base my opening sequence on, a horrific thriller, every single
movie made have an objective of trying to trigger emotions of fright
and sympathy in the audience as they relate to the situation of the
characters they are watching (usually a doomed protagonist). This is
all started by the initial engagement of the audience and is the main
cause of suspense between the movie and its viewers. This is the
most used and effective technique used by directors in movies as it
meets the suspense creating success criteria horrific thrillers must
meet in order to be successful and recognizable through a persons
knowledge of codes and conventions featured in this film type.

7. Image 5- Antagonist & Protagonist:
Every thriller movie contains an antagonist and
protagonist, it is simply a must have convention in
order for the actual movie to even be deemed as a type
of thriller. The antagonist is very dominant throughout
the movie and the protagonist is regularly troubled by
them in some sort of way. I aim to show this in my
movie right from the opening sequence to quickly allow
the crowd to know exactly what the type of film they’re
about to get into.