Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers can be characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes.
Devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliff hangers are used extensively. A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby obstacles are presented for the hero to overcome. Genre is flexible and can engage the audience through a dramatic rendering of horror based, action, psychological, social and political tensions.
Thriller conventions include;
Thriller conventions include;
- Predictable pleasure; the audience know what they are going to get
- Justice Vs. Injustice; though sometimes blurred
- Society; corrupt
- deadlines/chases/persuits
- morally complex characters
- Sub genres; mystery, crime, political, paranoid, psychological, horror, action
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