Conventions of a Thriller

THRILLER

Mise en scene

- Thrillers are normally set in mundane locations like a house or an abandoned house. The props may consist of weapons that give clues to the crime that has been committed.
- There is low key lighting to create an unpleasant atmosphere and an uncomfortable mood.

Characters

- A protagonist could have a team or another person (secondary protagonist) to help them figure out the problem. 
- There is the authority where they are in denial about what has happened and they need persuading to realise what bad things are happening.
- An exposer exposes the person or thing that is causing terror and they uncover how to solve the problem. 
- Antagonists are the villains that cause all the fright and issues.
-The protagonists sometimes come out as antagonists- its always the last person you would expect.
-Protagonist normally are blamed at one point and things sp horribly wrong 

Cinematography

- A lot of long shot are used to show locations and spacial awareness
- Also extreme close ups are used to give away clues and add suspense.

Editing

- Editing gets faster with confrontation and it mixes with the music to build tension to be built up to the climax.

Themes

- Serial killers 
- To do with mental illness
- Story line to do with something that can actually happen in real life

Sound

- Lots of high pitched scores 
- screeching noises 
- mainly incidental music 

Plot

- Twists and turns and solving a misery
- More to do with solving the problem then all the gore and violence otherwise it would be a horror.