What is a thriller
A thriller usually consists of a battle between the protagonist character and the antagonist, when there is a distribution in the equilibrium. Then the story shows a chain of bad events building tension and suspense for the climax. The aim of the protagonist is to restore justice, while the antagonist seeks to destroy it.
Typical codes and conventions of a thriller include:
Action- fight scenes, fast camera movement, running, quick cuts, lots of edits, tense music. Suspense- tense build up music, scene building up to a crisis, Darkness, uncertainty, little dialogue. Iconography- costume, props such as police cars assuming a crime and violence, guns linking with violence, empty buildings or places indicating something will happen there creating suspense. Tension in certain scenes- little dialogue, audience not knowing what will happen. This will create a tense action filled typical thriller film mainly appealing to middle-class men from ages 15-24.
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