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Violent acts - won't be an emphasis on the blood.
Fast pace editing
Music full of suspence
Typically men
Usually buisnessmen
Characteristics of a thriller:
Guns
Unpredictable elements
Plot twists
Mysterious/unexpected storyline
Theme of travel
Isolation
Tense build ups
What makes a thriller a thriller?
-Fast pace editing
-Dark lighting
-Suspense music
-Unpredictable elements
-Plot twists and surprises
-Emphasis on gore
-Theme of panic and running from someone or something
-Themes of isolation
-Mysteries and characters being frames
-Unexpected endings
These elements help generate themes that help make a thriller film, without these, the whole point of a tense and suspense thriller wouldn't be the same without these things.
What makes a film opening a film opening?
James Bond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2FOYjCz38
Conventions of spy thrillers:
Cars
Guns
Technology
Suits
-Sets where the film is set and what era
-Opening credits
-Some of the characters
-Introduces the landscape and scenery/town or city
-The name of the film
-Establishing shot
-Studios and production companies that helped create the film
The Bone Collector and Panic Room opening scenes:
Crime thriller conventions:
Audience will see the crime scenes and before and after the murder but not the actual murder taking place.
Crime-Murders-Threatening
Low level lighting, setting the atmosphere to be mysterious and suspense.
Crime thriller conventions:
There are usually multiple murders
Often have detectives- tuxedoes- Potentially an older or younger man/woman
Different types of murder weapons, e.g. knives, gun, unknown murder weapon, building tools etc...
Political thriller convention:
Secrets
Political thriller conventions:
Identity
Political power
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