Monday 11 January 2010

Examples of thriller films and their conventions.

Stephen King -
Room 1408
Misery
IT
The shining

Others -
The ring
The Orphan
The dark knight
Vertigo
Signs
Phonebooth
Panic room
Jaws
Psycho

Conventions -
Score to reflect genre or mood of scene
Most introduced main character
Locations - mostly dark eg. Hotels, motels, homes
Titles can relate to a character's weakness
main title appears at the end of the credits
Introduces important themes, characters, locations of the place where the thriller will take place
Ofter does not give away main plot (that would be more of a trailer)
credits sometimes subltle, but can sometimes fill the whole screen

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