Thriller Film Conventions

Caption / Explanation Caption / Explanation The phone is used throughout the This gives tension to the audience movie making it iconic to the charac- about how small the setting is. This Caption / Explanation ter and his main trait. The phone is making it supposedly easier to find Caption / Explanation The is where the murder takes place in the used as a tool to attempt to de rail the the killers but proves just how diffi- The gun and the bible suggest a con- fist scene. The dingy corrugated shack with antagonists master plan. cult the situation is. A claustrophobic tradiction of morals and show how its low key lighting creates a perfect place environment. he is confused in where his loyalties in which the audience would expect a thrill- lie. er to take place.

Caption / Explanation Is an ordinary man, The glasses suggest an insurance man an intellectual trait who finds himself in where this might in- an extraordinary situ- sinuate he is plotting ation and is bent on something. The ar- revenge. rangement of facial hair may also gives a more sly sinister im- pression. He seems Iconography Settings like an ordinary man Iconic or stereotypical Where the thriller takes place. but this is part of the symbols or elements These can be exotic settings e.g. intrigue. that you expect to find in foreign settings e.g. Foreign a thriller film. cities, deserts, or everyday plac- es that’s have sinister or myste- rious undertones.

Protagonist Antagonist Caption / Explanation The resourceful main The opposite to a protag- Caption / Explanation The inquisitive look character who must Thriller Film onist , it is the character The costume of the on his face suggests antagonist is to con- thwart the plans of the the protagonist contends he is trying to figure Conventions fuse in thinking who something out as well more powerful and with. is the killer as the as the background better equipped villain. relaxed looking cloth- insinuating he is on a ing misinterprets the plane. He is a regular typical style of a kill- man and a caring dad er. who is then forced to Visual Style Enigma (Mystery) Themes try and thwart the The aspects of shots Who ? What? Where? The running motifs through- antagonist. that create the picture How? Why? out the film e.g Crime, con- on screen e.g type of The mystery that the spiracy etc. The themes are Image from Film / Trailer 01 shot, mise en scene and protagonist needs to often centred around the colour filters. solve. darker side of humanity .

Caption / Explanation The running motif of Caption / Explanation the film is to deci- The black and white pher who the text of the scene suggests messages are from how this is a memory and who is the killer from the same story overall. line and also the din- gy room insinuates his wealth and situa- tion in the way that it is very unkempt and that he is in a torn situation on who he is. Caption / Explanation Caption / Explanation Caption / Explanation The photo suggest how he is using these The enigma in this film is who the Mystery and violence– in the beginning scene images to recollect his memory almost antagonist is and who it is texting the shows a room full of blood this insinuation how Caption / Explanation making the story line fit together like a protagonist. the story line starts off with a crime scene and The blurred background suggests an puzzle for him and the audience. Also to makes the audience wonder is this is going to element of speed and the mask in the spark the question keep occurring. back ground gives an impression of danger and tragedy this is all tied in by the positioning of the gun.