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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