Thriller conventions and recipe

                                                      Thriller conventions and recipe


Thriller is a very broad genre, which mainly consist's of different elements which are known as thriller devices an example of these are false lead characters, unexpected twists in the story line and a protagonist all these as well as various other methods are used to make the audience feel a sense of suspense, anticipation and terror.
Whilst adding conspiracy and psychological tricks to the storyline further adding to the audiences experience.

Sub-Genres
As the thriller genre is so flexible ; this allows it to have a huge variety of sub genres and incorporate elements from other genres for example:

Action thriller - Action thrillers are often high paced involving a lot of violence, death, weapons and intense scenes such as explosions, well known examples of these are the Die hard series of films, as well as mission impossible and The Bourne series of films.

Psychological thriller - The main character's conflicts are mostly within such as mental and emotional rather than physical conflicts like many other genres, psychological thrillers normally have a lot to think about and many twists within the story line and narrative, well known examples are Se7en, The Machinist and The silence of the lambs.

Legal thriller - Normally consisting of a lawyer or other forms of people working within the law department, having legal disputes where not only the verdict of the case as at stake but also lives a well known example of this is. The Innocent man by John Grisham.

Thriller devices 

Redherring: Is a misleading situation within a scene usually used to create a sense of tension for example a situation will happen and you would be expecting a different result such as the Joker in Batman when joker shoots the gun only a joke sign comes out rather than bullets.

Mcguffin: Is something that adds conflict to the storyline but may not be entirely significant to the storyline, this could be a character or an object for example money or a false lead.

Cliffhangers: This is where a scene stops before the climax, leaving the audience's to think about what happens next and allows room for a sequel.