Conventions of a Thriller

• Fight sequences
• Suspense
• Music
• low tones
• edgy
• Can help to reflect the moods of the antagonist and the protagonist
• Mission
• Mystery
• Low lighting

• urban
• moody
  
  
• Mise-En-Scene
• agents
• suits
• dark, low level lighting
• scars
• Heroic Protagonists

• Innocent
• Wrong man's shoes
• Ex Military
• Agents/Spies
• e.g Bond, Jason Bourne
• Role reversal (hunter becomes hunted)
• Villainous Antagonist
• Psycho
• Anti-government
• Scars
• Political/religious beliefs and causes
• Espionage
• Editing
• shot-reverse-shot
• fast pace cuts to represent intensity of scenes
• Match on action
• Action match
• Graphic match
• Camera
• close ups to show characters emotions
• medium-long shots
• establishing shots