Monday 10 January 2011

Conventions of a thriller.

Conventions.

-narrative centers around a crime.
-Binary opposite: Protagonist and antagonist, the lead moral and villain. Protagnist will have a weakness which is often referred to in the title, and is at some point shown in peril. 
-Complex web of clues and questions- leads to the protagonist being isolated. 
-Themes of mistaken identity. mirroring illusions. 
-non-linear structure, the use of flashbacks and montages. 
-objectification of females (sexual objects) 
-Viewer becomes voyeur (voyeurism, the audience feel part of the plot)
-micro elements build suspense.

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