Conventions of a Thriller

Conventions-

• Music is dark which creates a gloomy atmosphere.
• Low key lighting - dark/shadows
• Titles give a clue about the narrative
• Takes an ordinary situation and makes it extra ordinary
• Binary opposites- protagonist (hero) and antagonist (villain)  
• Villain causes problems for protagonist
• See protagonist in peril
• False equilibrium- plot twists
• Female objectifications
• Voyeurism - audience is voyeur
• Themes of mistaken identity - mirroring, illusion
• Protagonist is often isolated- achilles heel weakness