Conventions of the Genre Thriller
Mise en scene
Low key lighting- This type of lighting is used so that it shrouds some of the area in the shot which causes the audience to wounder where they are and also the darkness adds more spook to the setting as it becomes harder for the audience to see what exactly is their and also the darkness can hide lots of things.
The costume the killer will often wear will be most likely dark colours, this is because dark is considered to be a negative colour so they will wear these types to give of a negative atmosphere to the audience whilst you will often see the victim of the genre wearing casual daily clothes as they are not expecting in the film to be taken, finally the clothes the person who is solving the case will often be detective clothing or a suit to give of a high status for the character.
Items in a thriller will often be very similar to a horror such as guns or knives, these items are usually used by the ''bad guy'' in the film to capture his victim whilst the ''good guy'' will often use weapons for justice.
A thriller will often be set in a city within the dark urban areas where you would expect all the crime to happen instead of having it in a exotic location which is quite isolated and you don't expect crime to happen. The urban city areas makes the audience feel as if they can relate to it more not necessarly through personal experience but through seeing news stories of when kidnaping or murders have taken place in the streets.
Characters
You will often have three types of characters in this type of genre, these will include the criminal, victim and the person who would solve what has happened often known as a detective.
The victim will often be played by a women as the director will often go along with stereo-type views where the women is very weak and innocent and needs a man to come along and save her.
The criminal will often be played as a male because they are see as more dominating figures compared to women and have a high authority.
Finally the detective or the person who solves the problem will be shown quite often as a elderly male as they are seen to have experience in these types of situations and give of a more calming prescience to the audience.
Editing
In thrillers the pace of the cuts will quite often be most likely of a fast pace when action is going on such as the final fight scene or when the person is being rescued whilst slow paced cuts will be used when the director is trying to build tension at a certain point.
Cinematography
Shot types commonly used in a thriller will be close ups to show the details of the villian to let the audience see if they have any distinguishing features or to hide out certain parts of a room so the audience are left guessing where abouts the film is being set, establishing shots will be used if the director wants us to know where abouts everything will be happening for eample in a thriller we may have a opening shot of a warehouse or undergournd building which is quite iscolated and finnally medium shots will be used so that the audience can see what types of clothes the characters are wearing and if their is anything important on them.
Sound
With the sound it will often start of very slow paced when it is trying to build suspense for the audience and then slowly building up the pace so we know that somthing big is going to happen such as a fight scene or important to the film, the villian will often speak with a low tone and quite powerful to show his authority over his victim whilst the victim who is often a girl will have a very inocent squeaky voice to show that they are weak.
The costume the killer will often wear will be most likely dark colours, this is because dark is considered to be a negative colour so they will wear these types to give of a negative atmosphere to the audience whilst you will often see the victim of the genre wearing casual daily clothes as they are not expecting in the film to be taken, finally the clothes the person who is solving the case will often be detective clothing or a suit to give of a high status for the character.
Items in a thriller will often be very similar to a horror such as guns or knives, these items are usually used by the ''bad guy'' in the film to capture his victim whilst the ''good guy'' will often use weapons for justice.
A thriller will often be set in a city within the dark urban areas where you would expect all the crime to happen instead of having it in a exotic location which is quite isolated and you don't expect crime to happen. The urban city areas makes the audience feel as if they can relate to it more not necessarly through personal experience but through seeing news stories of when kidnaping or murders have taken place in the streets.
Characters
You will often have three types of characters in this type of genre, these will include the criminal, victim and the person who would solve what has happened often known as a detective.
The victim will often be played by a women as the director will often go along with stereo-type views where the women is very weak and innocent and needs a man to come along and save her.
The criminal will often be played as a male because they are see as more dominating figures compared to women and have a high authority.
Finally the detective or the person who solves the problem will be shown quite often as a elderly male as they are seen to have experience in these types of situations and give of a more calming prescience to the audience.
Editing
In thrillers the pace of the cuts will quite often be most likely of a fast pace when action is going on such as the final fight scene or when the person is being rescued whilst slow paced cuts will be used when the director is trying to build tension at a certain point.
Cinematography
Shot types commonly used in a thriller will be close ups to show the details of the villian to let the audience see if they have any distinguishing features or to hide out certain parts of a room so the audience are left guessing where abouts the film is being set, establishing shots will be used if the director wants us to know where abouts everything will be happening for eample in a thriller we may have a opening shot of a warehouse or undergournd building which is quite iscolated and finnally medium shots will be used so that the audience can see what types of clothes the characters are wearing and if their is anything important on them.
Sound
With the sound it will often start of very slow paced when it is trying to build suspense for the audience and then slowly building up the pace so we know that somthing big is going to happen such as a fight scene or important to the film, the villian will often speak with a low tone and quite powerful to show his authority over his victim whilst the victim who is often a girl will have a very inocent squeaky voice to show that they are weak.
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