Conventions of Thriller films

There are various elements to a thriller film which makes you almost automatically recognise the genre. For example at the openings to thriller films there tends to be faced paced music to help the audience create different scenarios in their heads. Music is key to relate to the audiences feelings for example at the sad part of any film there tends to be classical slow music to help the audience engage with the characters involved. Without music it almost becomes harder to get the audience's interaction with the films content.

Another key convention to thriller films is a dark or mysterious setting. This tends to give the audience a scare because if a character is shown in the dark like this one for example it becomes unknown and unpredictable. I think that if this scene shown in the picture was set in the countryside in broad daylight it wouldn't seem anywhere near as scary and it would not fit in to the thriller genre. When creating my film I must make sure there is a scary and mysterious element to the setting to ensure my audiences recognition that my opening is for the thriller genre.

Personally I think that a Thriller film should have these elements within them so that they make the film stand out from any other genre :

• Music that creates tension
• Enigma's
• Various computer effects/techniques
• Dark settings
• Crime