Conventions of a thriller

There are many ways that you can identify a thriller. One of the first things you notice when looking at a film opening is the music. If it is a thriller the music will usually have an eery feel to it, it may aslo be slow and slowy build up to give a sence of tension and that something is going to happen. There also may be a climax in the music where it all suddenly kicks in. This is what you come to expect in thriller openings in regards to sound. Another example of what is usually found in thrillers is the use of flashbacks and the use of voice overs. these also help to add an eery feeling to the opening and will make the user aware that it is a thriller. These are typical conventions of a thriller, other exampls of this are the that the title credits role from the bottom to the top. This gives a disoranting feel to the opening scenes and really fits in well with the thriller convention. Also in some thrillers alot of symmitry is used. Yet another convention of thrillers is that you will never actualy see a killing, you may hear it, or may even see the shadow of it, but you will never actually see it in detail, this is yet another convention of a thriller.