Tuesday 12 January 2010

Conventions of a thriller.

- Crime at the core of the narrative.

- Mystery to the spectator ( enigmas ) - Solved at the end of the film conventionally.

- Suspense -key to a thriller.

- Micro elements - musical score, suspense and tension.
- Low key lighting, adds to mystery / suspense.
- Often oblique / canted angles.
- Distort image, mystery.

Protagonist - ( main character / hero ) and antagonist ( a Villon or force, mainly paranormal working against protagonist.

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