‘’What is a thriller?’’

Thriller examples:

Pulp Fiction The Dark Knight Inception

The usual basic concept of a film under the genre of ‘Thriller’ would include a build up of suspense to the viewer and creates unexpected surprises to the person watching. Thriller genres usually try to keep the audience as curious as possible to get the viewers on the edge of their seat for the events that are about to follow

Definition

Typical conventions of the thriller genre usually include dark, mysterious camera shots with quick movements and quick cuts between each scene. Another key convention is the non-diagetic music added in after the scene was shot to build the tension in the shot, drawing the viewers to the edge of their seat. Common themes in thrillers usually include some sort of crime or murder in the script because this can cause the audience to be frightened and what will happen to any of the characters.

Conventions/Themes of thriller films

One of the most popular actors that is involved in films under this genre is Leonardo DiCaprio who has starred in popular films such as Inception and Titanic. A very common old female actress that has been in some of the top thriller films is Janet Leigh, who has been in films such as Phyco and Touch of Evil which are both known the be one of the best Thriller films of all time. Other common actors can include Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Grace Kelly, Samuel L Jackson.

Actors associated with Thriller Films