Genre Conventions: Thriller

Common C.A.M.S

• Panning Shot

• Close up

• Extreme Close up

• Tracking shots

Common C.L.A.M.P.S

• fake blood

• prop weapons

• CGI animals

• Dark lighting

• Setting in urban and suburban parts of a city

Sound

• Non-diegetic (music scores, sounds used to add tension to the scene)

• Diegetic (bees buzzing, screams, gunshots, police sirens etc)

Editing

• zoom in

• jump cut

• cutaway

Examples of Thrillers

• The Black Phone

• Barbarian

• Don't Worry Darling

There are several elements of this genre that interest me. I enjoy when the story builds suspense, especially when it does so by having a very intense opening scene. Another element I like about films in this genre is how developed and nuanced the characters often are. However, I do not like when the action is rushed and crammed into the last act of the film.

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