Thriller conventions

1. TYPICAL
THRILLER FILM
CONVENTIONS
Jamie King

2. • A thrillers main objective is to create suspense and
excitement and maintain this throughout the entirety
of the movie.The suspense and excitement will
continue to grow until it hits the peak, also known as
the climax of the movie.
At the peak this is where
maximum suspense and
excitement has been made.

3. • In a conventional thriller it is set in a
busy urban or suburban area.There is
a high dense population, the setting
is busy. For example, inTaken the film
is set in Paris, the capital of France.
One of the busiest cities in the country.
Then the setting changes into a more
dense populated suburb on the
outskirts of France.

4. •The main narrative of the film is focused
around a puzzle or an investigation.The
protagonist will be the person who will
be solving this investigation and will be
able to solve it.

5. • Violence and action is a key theme in
thrillers also. It will usually be the
protagonist fighting the antagonists
using violence. In most cases the
violence will reveal the roles of some of
the institutions such as the CIA,
Police, government or the military.

6. •Thrillers tend to much more
possible and rational explanations
as opposed to me impossible
supernatural explanations when it
comes to solving the investigation.

7. • In most cases both the
protagonist and antagonist
will shave the same qualities
and characteristics.

8. • Another theme which is important throughout a
thriller is the idea of justice and injustice.The
protagonist will bring justice where as the antagonist
will bring injustice.The protagonist will be trying to
fix the injustice of the villain. In most cases the
protagonist will be secretive due to their job or they
may be an outsider who is generally quite. However,
they will always solve the mystery by the end of the
film.