Thriller Conventions

Thriller Conventions
Thriller are a type of genre that involves a lot of action. They can also have a major plot twist. The thriller has a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub genres.

A flexible genre
The genre is flexible and can engage the audience through a dramatic rendering of psychological, social and political tension. Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience to put their toe in the cold water and fear to see what it is like.

Types of Thrillers
Legal thriller, Spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, poltical thriller, religious thriller and high tech thriller.

Todorov- The 5 stages
These are the stages in which the narrative can progress through:
A state of equilibrium, a disruption of that order of event, a recognition that the disorder occurred, an attempt to repair the damage of the disruption, a return or restoration of a new equilibrium.

The Thriller
This is one of the genres most enduring characteristics, the wide variety of thrillers all have something in common, this is the face that each thriller will use the same techniques to make the film tense. The thrillers each try to create a mood, they want the viewer to feel as if they are in the movie themselves.  If it thrills, then it is a thriller!

Thrillers differ from mystery stories 
In a thriller, the hero must thwart the future plans of an enemy, danger and violence confrontations are a standard plot thriller.

More Characteristics of a thriller
Thrillers often take place in exotic settings such as foreign cities, the heroes in most thrillers are frequently 'hard men' accustomed to danger.

Conclusion on thrillers
Thrillers have: fast pacing, frequent action, resourceful heroes and better quipped villains. Thrillers are also a villain driven plot. Also thriller uses devices such as: suspense, red herrings and cliff hangers.