Conventions of a Thriller B
Film type | What is enigma? | Who is the protagonist? | Who is the antagonist? | How is suspense built? | Any other signs of a thriller? |
Se7en | Capturing the serial killing people by the seven sins | Detective Lt.William Somerset | John doe | We haven’t seen the killer from the trailer, murders are shown | Frequent murders, urban setting |
The usual suspects | Figuring out whos the real suspect | McManus, Keaton fenster etc | Keyser Soze | no clear culprit | Audience left confused as theres no culprit, urban area |
The silence of the lambs | Starling is hunting down a serial killer | Starling | Jame Gumb | Suspense as starling looks and gets closer to the killer. | More people are getting killed while starling still searches. |
Rear window | Jeffs neighbours that he watches then confined to rear window. | Jeff jefferies | Lars Thorwald | You cant see much, you can only see jeff and his wife’s horrified looks. | The protagonist has to watch from the window. He is powerless and cant do anything about what he’s watching |
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