Conventions of a Thriller.

‘Conventions of the Thriller Film Genre’

What is a thriller?
Supernatural, horror, suspense, sets an atmosphere (sinister, scary)
Literature, film, gaming and television. It includes numerous, often overlapping sub-genres.

Ingredients of thrillers: Fast paced, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better equipped villains.
Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff-hangers and used extensively.

Different types of thrillers-

Spy thrillers, James Bond, Bourne series. Spy is linked to government.
Political thrillers, hero must ensure that the stability of the government that employs him. Based on real events or things that could have/will happen. Olympus has fallen is an example.

Military thrillers- Saving Private Ryan, fighting in war etc.

Conspiracy thrillers- hero confronts the powerful group of enemies whose true extent and power only they recognise.

Medical Thriller- In which the hero is generally principled physician who must fight corrupt drug companies or colleagues engaged in unethical experiments.

Forensic thrillers-In which the heroes are forensic experts whose involvement with an unsolved crime puts their lives at risk.

Psychological thrillers-in which conflict between main characters is mental and emotional rather than psychical.

Horror thriller- Conflict between main characters is mental emotional physical etc.

Characteristics- Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories, but are distinguished by the structure of their plots.
Thrillers occur on a much grander scale: Crimes that must be prevented.
Standard plot elements include a sense of jeopardy.

Builds a climax to make the audience feel different emotions and feel more attached to the characters.

Film noir, French, taken on in Hollywood, detectives, raining, black, dark, hard drinking, womanising, bitter, compromised heroes, hero often killed.

Foreign cities, deserts, churches, subways, airports, Polar Regions or high seas, or even the woods.