What is a Thriller

• Thriller is a film genre , that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced.

Thriller Characteristics• The protagonist is not a stand out, and is usually a vulnerable

character• The protagonist usually is the one that kills the villain, escaping

with their life.• The identity of the villain is known throughout the film.• There is usually a stalker, or stalker-like person.• Suspense is built throughout the film until its climax or anti-climax.• It engages the audience.• The Non-diegetic sound is used to build suspense.• The location is either an exotic place or a bland place but both

with an ordinary community.

Conventions that my opening sequence challenged

• Camera Movement and angles– Track and Tilt at the end to reveal the stalkers true

identity.– Low camera angle when he walks into the room to

build suspense.– High camera angle to show what the stalker looks

like.– Zoom into the boyfriends face to capture his

emotions at that particular time.

Conventions that my opening sequence challenged

• Misé-en-scene– In this scene you can tell that this room belongs to

a girl. This is due to the fact that you can see a pink coloured pillow, butterflies hanging from the ceiling, and posters on the wall, and although a girl is not in the shot you can tell that it belongs to a girl, and that she is a very normal girl.