Thrillers

The 'Rules'

• The Road runner cannot harm the cayobe by saying ' Meep Meep'
• That is one example of a 'Rule' for a genre

Do films follow 'Rules'?

• Some film makers will claim that 'there are no rules' or that ' rules are there to be broken'
• However, most would agree that there are certain conventions that mainstream films observe in order for them to be acceptable to the mass audience

Thriller 'Features'

• Usually in big cities , like in the ' Bourne series
• Usually follows a Hitman, type character
• Sneaky sections where the main character is trying to avoid people
• ' Evil' characters that the main character is trying to kill or catch
• Fast, ' Jumpy' edits to show tension and action
• Sometimes a sneaky woman who betrays the main character is involved
• Darker areas are used in filming to show a shadowy, sneaky look
• Always a fight scene
• Always a chase
• Cliffhangers
• Prolongonist and antagonist
• Death
• A problem that needs to be solved ( Enigmas)
• A kidnapping
• ' Walking away shot', slow motion shot  as they walk away from an explosion, without clinching
• Mind games
• Plot 'twists'
• Dramatic music'
• Always a trade between two parties
• Ticking lock

Possible films

• Disturbia 
• Burried
• Panic room
• Phone booth
• Hostage                                     
• Kill bill
• Vantage point
• Fatal attraction
• 12 rounds
• No country for old men
• The strangers
• Taken
• Law abiding citizen