Transcript Codes and Conventions of thrillers

Codes and Conventions of
Thrillers
Jack, Josh and Liam
Characters
• People with dark history's or backgrounds who have lost someone.
Normally the main characters are very controlling.
• Realistic people who some can relate to. For instance, with hit men,
gangsters, or robbers.
• The characters would also have important jobs such as police officers,
investigators, or detectives.
• For example in the film Shutter Island the main character is very controlling
and works as a detective.
Props
•
•
•
In a thriller you normally see guns
that are very heavily used props,
also you find that people wear very
dark colours on the costumes as it
represent evil and hatred.
Some of the more darker
characters that wear dark materials
on suits and coats tend to always
carry a cigarette in there hand or a
cigar to represent there power and
personalities. For example in
Shutter Island the characters wear
big black coats with a trilby hat.
The photo shown is the badge of
the main character in the film
shutter island.
Setting/Locations
• Thriller films are most likely to be set in a weird or
unusual place. Shutter island is filmed in a mental
institution. Other locations can include museums,
banks and a rocky beach on a deserted island.
• The first scene in the film Shutter Island the location is
set on a boat in the middle of the ocean.
Music/Sound effects
• Thriller music would be easy
music, subtle and intense, and
builds up as it gets closer and
closer, building up the tension
for the audience. For instance,
like the Jaws theme.
• The sound effect used in
thrillers would be eerie
sounds, rattling keys,
footsteps, echoing. These are
massive factors of making a
thriller a great film.
• The sound effects above are
used in the film Shutter Island
a lot to create a massive effect
on the audience.
Lighting
• The lighting used in thrillers is normally dark which represents
the unknown because it deducts your vision which adds to
mystery of thrillers.
• Also shadows are used in thrillers to create an eerie effect on
the audience.
• In the film Shutter Island the lighting is very dark and the
weather is used a lot in the film because there is a storm in
the film which creates a scary theme to the film.