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NARRATIVE
CONVENTIONS
OF A THRILLER
E L E A N O R P R I C E 1 2 D
CRIME
• Ransoms- holding people for money
• Captivities-Holding someone against their will
• Heists- robberies - The Heist
• Revenge- the act of hurting/harming someone in return of something they did
• Kidnapping- stealing someone -Taken
MYSTERY
• Investigations- A detective finding a mystery
• Whodunit- ‘Who done it?’
PSYCHOLOGICAL
• Mind games-manipulating someone psychologically
• Psychological themes- crazy actions
• Stalking- to watch/follow somebody - Girlhouse
• Confinement- locked in a confined place/trapped
• Deathtraps- somebody walking into a death trap
• Horror of personality- excessive violence of presence of malevolent
• Obsession-could be stalking somebody
NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
• Plots twists and turns-turns the story around
• Multiple lines of action- violence in multiple following scenes
• Flashbacks- violence, bad past memories shot back –Suicide Squad
• Narrative retardation- holding back key information
• Red herrings- make you believe something that is not true
• Mis direction- sending somebody off track
• Deadlines- meeting deadlines or getting killed for it
• Principle of concealment- hiding something from characters
• Chases/pursuits- chasing the antagonist –James Bond
• Making the audience work- making them think

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Narrative conventions

  • 1. NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS OF A THRILLER E L E A N O R P R I C E 1 2 D
  • 2. CRIME • Ransoms- holding people for money • Captivities-Holding someone against their will • Heists- robberies - The Heist • Revenge- the act of hurting/harming someone in return of something they did • Kidnapping- stealing someone -Taken
  • 3. MYSTERY • Investigations- A detective finding a mystery • Whodunit- ‘Who done it?’
  • 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL • Mind games-manipulating someone psychologically • Psychological themes- crazy actions • Stalking- to watch/follow somebody - Girlhouse • Confinement- locked in a confined place/trapped • Deathtraps- somebody walking into a death trap • Horror of personality- excessive violence of presence of malevolent • Obsession-could be stalking somebody
  • 5. NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES • Plots twists and turns-turns the story around • Multiple lines of action- violence in multiple following scenes • Flashbacks- violence, bad past memories shot back –Suicide Squad • Narrative retardation- holding back key information • Red herrings- make you believe something that is not true • Mis direction- sending somebody off track • Deadlines- meeting deadlines or getting killed for it • Principle of concealment- hiding something from characters • Chases/pursuits- chasing the antagonist –James Bond • Making the audience work- making them think