Monday 18 January 2010

RC - The conventions of a thriller film

In a thriller film many characteristics are featured...

-Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff hangers are used extensively.
-There is always an antagonist and a protagonist.
-The heroes in most thrillers are often 'hard men', which are accustomed to danger such as, law enforcment officers, aviators or soldiers.
-A thriller climaxes when the hero defeats the villian, saving his life and often the lives of others.
-Most thrillers include sub genres such as, a crime thriller, an action thriller and a drama thriller, etc.
-In many thrillers the villian is known all along.
-The action that takes place in a thriller always occurs on a much grander scale, with the crimes that must be prevented being serial or mass murders, acts of terrorism, an assassination, or the overthrow of governments.

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