Codes and conventions
All genres will have a set of ways that you can recognize them, this is how you classify different media texts into groups, and these are called codes and conventions. A code is like a really firm rule that is almost never broken, there can be: Character Codes, Plot Codes, Structural Codes, Production Codes. Codes and conventions allow the audience to understand what genre the film is, within our two minutes sequence we intend to apply the codes and convention of a thriller to give our sequence the feature and characterizes a thriller requires.
The conventions of the thriller genre are to do with sound and editing, E.g. quick cuts and camera angle changes, music that gives tension. Codes and conventions of a thriller include lighting, the use of shadow. Mirrors and stairs are also conventions of thriller movies. Codes and conventions of a thriller also include the following:
This are the typical codes and Convention of a Thriller.
Mise-en-scene
Editing
Sound
The codes and conventions within a thriller mainly allow a female protagonist to be a victim of a dominant male character, often within a thriller you would get two points of view one being the protagonist views. Codes and conventions of a thriller also cover mise- en -scene for example props such as large knives, guns etc.
All genres will have a set of ways that you can recognize them, this is how you classify different media texts into groups, and these are called codes and conventions. A code is like a really firm rule that is almost never broken, there can be: Character Codes, Plot Codes, Structural Codes, Production Codes. Codes and conventions allow the audience to understand what genre the film is, within our two minutes sequence we intend to apply the codes and convention of a thriller to give our sequence the feature and characterizes a thriller requires.
The conventions of the thriller genre are to do with sound and editing, E.g. quick cuts and camera angle changes, music that gives tension. Codes and conventions of a thriller include lighting, the use of shadow. Mirrors and stairs are also conventions of thriller movies. Codes and conventions of a thriller also include the following:
This are the typical codes and Convention of a Thriller.
Mise-en-scene
We are able to recognize a thriller through the use of location, costume and props. As a thriller has many sub genres the location costume and props of these sub genres are similar but different. For example the typical aspects of Mise-en-scene in a psychological thriller are, the location is often a psychiatric unit, mental hospital, or an old house. The lighting in many psychological thriller isn’t very bright, instead they use quite dim lighting as the lighting has a very big impact on how the audience see the thriller. In psychological thriller the costumes are very distinct as u have your psychiatrist who would most likely be wearing either smart clothing or a lab coat with a shirt and trousers, the character who is in the mental institution would perhaps be wearing hospital clothing.
Editing
Often in many thrillers the editing is very fast pasted with a lot of jump cuts, the type of editing used in many thrillers help build up a lot of tension and suspense. The use of fast pasted editing and jump cuts often keep the audience entertained and draw them in to thriller more.
Sound
In many movies sound is very important, the sound usually goes with the genre for example in thriller you would have mysterious, action, fast up beat sounds depending the genre. If it were to be an action thriller then we most likely have upbeat fast past sound that would complement the action going on. The sounds in many thrillers often help engage the audience.
Surprises & Twists
Plays with Viewers Mind
From Killers Point of View
Flash Backs
Make Audience Think
Make Audience Think
The codes and conventions within a thriller mainly allow a female protagonist to be a victim of a dominant male character, often within a thriller you would get two points of view one being the protagonist views. Codes and conventions of a thriller also cover mise- en -scene for example props such as large knives, guns etc.
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