crime thriller conventions

• At the start the protagonist is always introduced and the scene always starts as a crime scene, which includes an investigator this gets the audience drawn into the movie and ask questions.

• Crime thrillers also usually follow a troubled and confused character, who has had some form of a distorted background. Throughout a crime thriller, this mysterious troubled character is slowly revealed through hints about his background, which are usually shown as flash backs. 

• There are usually two main crime scene characters, whos personalitiys are binary opposites; one is all serious and formal, where as the other is the opposite and is very unformal, which is usually a handsome character. These two main crime scene characters are also usually well know actors, such as Morgan freeman, who has a reputation in playing the role of a detective.

• The location involves bad whether, such as rain, which prevents the investigaters from getting on with their work. This slows the narrative down, which gives the criminals more time to carry on their illegal crimes, this builds up the plot and leads it to a climax, which allows the audience to stay tunned in the film, as they want to see the villains succeed and over power the criminals.