Monday, 22 December 2014

Conventions of a Crime/Thriller genre

I have done some research into what the conventions of a crime investigation/thriller movie are.
Using the internet and my own knowledge, I have created a thinking map on what some of these conventions might be:
























Here is the trailer for Taken, a crime investigation thriller movie released in 2008


This trailer presents more conventions of what makes a good crime/thriller movie:
  • The antagonist getting taken, abused or murdered
  • The protagonist saving the antagonist, at the end of the film
  • A realistic setting and situation
  • A believable background story
  • A happy mood at the beginning of the film, then something suddenly happens which changes the atmosphere of the film/the pace of the film.

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