A thriller as a genre is a film that produces high intensity and excitement throughout, however there are many more emotions presented to the audience such as fear and anxiety. The films main objective is to give the audience a thrilling experience this is done by the plot usually being full of cliff hangers and suspense a character is in danger and she or the issue is resolved through mystery or violence, common characters are police, public victims,criminals,murders and stalkers.
thrillers are often in sub-genres for example:
.action thrillers
.adventure thrillers
.sci-fi thrillers
.crime thrillers
.Weston thrillers
.film noir thriller
.psychological thriller
there are key conventions of a thriller using semiotics,camera,editing and mise-en-scene. some conventions are simple titles along with low key lighting the best example for this is "sin city",slow paced edit to start with using tracking dissolve and fade cuts to give a longer shot slowing the pace a good example "citizens Kane". however to establish the sub genre such as action thriller iconic and symbolic signifiers are used such as a gun fast paced edit and violence.
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