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Thriller: Codes and Conventions
- Sound
- Music and sound is key in Thriller films. Typical
music used in a Thriller film is one that builds up
suspense and tension within the audience as
this is what creates the mood of the film. Music
also helps to tell the story line and makes the
scenes more dramatic
- Mise-en-scene
- Low key lighting
- Costumes: Antagonists wear
dark clothing and protagonists
wear casual clothes
- Make-up
- Hairstyle
- Composition
- Editing
- Directors like to you
jump-cuts to scare the
audience
- Cross cutitng
- Shot Reverse
Shot
- Builds suspense
- 180 degree rule
- Characters
- Antagonist
- A bad person who actively opposes or is hostile
to someone or something. May be the cause of
the disruption
- Protagonist
- Typically a brave, male hero figure
that wants to restore the
equilibrium
- Themes
- The narrative is designed to make the audience
think about themselves being in that situation
and what they would do if it ever happened to
them
- Conventions
- Camera Angles
- Quick shots
- Low key lighting
- Shadows
- Darkness
- Diegetic sound
- Tension music