Conventions Of Your Chosen Genre - Thriller

A Thriller has conventions to make it a successful movie and for the audience to become 'hooked'. This includes:

1) Slow paced editing

2) Low resonant sounding music
3) Props
4) Creepy location
5) Dark colours and lighting
6) Information is revealed throughout the film slowly
7) Opening sequence foreshadowing the ending of the film
8) Match on action
9) Psychological
10) Clues throughout
11) Twists in the plot
12) Special effects
13) Bold, traditional font titles
14) Quick cuts
15) Shadows
16) Obsession
17) Use of Establishing shots
18) Close up
19) Extreme close up shots