Codes and Conventions

The codes and conventions of a thriller film are:

• Fast paced editing-This consist of quick cuts. This can create an effect of uneasiness if the quick cuts is used because the audience don't have a lot of time to catch up with what is going on.
• Suspense-Uncertainty in the mind. Keeps the audience on edge.
• Optical illusion-Something that deceives the eye when it appears to be something that it is not.
• Subliminal Messages-A message passed to the mind without the person being consciously aware of it.
• Lighting-Darkness, Shadows, low key lighting.
• Music-To build suspense and tension.
• POV shots (Point of View)- Seeing thing through the eyes of the character.
• Special effects- Change the way that the characters and audience look at things.
• Anonymous people- Unknown people.
• Power and authority- People and/ or something that intimidates the characters.
• Mystery- Something that is impossible to explain.
• Mirrors- See things that aren't really there and they can show the characters inner self.
• Obtrusive editing- Something that doesn't fit in and looks out of place.
• Changes in camera angles- You can get a wider variety of angles and then the audience can get more of the feelings of the characters.
• Stairs- Commonly used in thrillers to build suspense.
• Flashbacks- going back to what happened previously.