Aspects of a Thriller

- Mystery
- Fast Tempo music
- Dark lighting
- Terror & suspense feature heavily
- ‘Time is an enemy’ race against time can feature
- Better equipped villain than hero
- Killer revealed at the end of the film
- Or killer revealed at the start & audience knows more than the protagonist

Examples of Thrillers
______North by Northest______Psycho__________Saw II
__________(1959)___________(1960)___________(2005)
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Suspense & Shock
Suspense: An example of suspense would be a scene where the camera reveals that there is a bomb under the table to the audience, which leaves us apprehensive about what’s going to happen next.

Shock: An example of shock would be the same scene but instead of the camera revealing the bomb to us, it would just go off.