2. Genre conventions:
This picture captures the low lighting of
the scene and shows us a book without
giving any information, this makes it
mysterious and eerie which is linked to
the genre of thriller. The soundtrack
also runs with the genre of a thriller as
it has quite a bass but is at a low pace.
As the shot is a close up shot we cant
see any genre conventions in the
background.
Genre conventions:
The weird hands suggest that weird
and unnatural things are going to
occur in the film and this is generally
linked to a thriller. The lighting is still
low which gives it a black and white
effect. We still cant see where the
characters are placed.
3. Genre conventions:
This extreme close up is in colour
but is showing something very
bizarre and highly linked to thriller.
The hands are unclean and look old
and wrinkled, thrillers can be based
on people any age so this isn’t
really showing a genre convention.
Style conventions:
This is typically a very thriller
font as it looks spooky and
mysterious. The fact that the
background is black and the font
is white is also related to thriller
as the three colours are usually
white, black and red.
4. Style conventions:
What’s in the background is
unclear to see but the title
isn’t bold and in your face, its
almost reserved and unclear
to see. You would relate this
way of doing a title to a
thriller film.
Genre conventions:
This extreme close up shot of
writing is linked to thriller as we
get snippets of information but
not anything that would give the
story away. Its still a dark setting
of black and white and the
tempo has stayed the same
throughout the entire opening
credits.
5. Genre conventions:
This is very typical of a thriller
film, the black background, the
white font and the picture. The
picture symbolizes that someone
has died and in nearly all thrillers
this is the case. The fact we aren’t
given any information also
symbolizes that it’s a thriller
because its an unanswered
question.
Genre conventions:
Newspaper cuttings are usually
related to thriller and horror
films so we can link those two
together. The black and white is
still used, throughout the entire
opening, we haven’t had a
glimpse of colour.
7. Style conventions:
Black and white logo
Genre Convention:
Dark and mysterious colours its
not happy and bright colours
which contrasts with the film.
Style conventions:
Black and white logo
Genre Convention:
Dark and mysterious colours its not
happy and bright colours which
contrasts with the film. DC comics
can usually be represented with
films such as Spiderman and iron
man so we understand the genre
of film from this.
8. Style conventions:
Black and white logo
The same colours are used
throughout the opening titles but
different fonts are used to give it
variety.
Genre Convention:
Dark and mysterious colours its not
happy and bright colours which
contrasts with the film.
Style conventions:
Black and white logo
The same colours are used
throughout the opening titles but
different fonts are used to give it
variety.
Genre Convention:
Dark and mysterious colours its not
happy and bright colours which
contrasts with the film.
9. Style conventions:
Black and white logo. This is a logo
which a lot of people can respond to
knowing what it is. Even though its
black and white like the rest of the
shoot, it still stands out and is powerful.
Genre conventions:
Because its powerful it shows that the
film is going to have a hero and villains
which is usually related to a thriller
film.
Style convention:
Title in bold text which looks good, it is
clear that it’s the title as its red rather
than black and white like the other
text.
Genre convention:
The red represents blood, thriller
colours are mainly red, white and black
so they are linked to thriller. The title is
also bold and in your face which
thrillers are usually like.
10. Style conventions:
Still using the black and white
theme.
Genre conventions:
Showing close up of faces to
introduce characters but without
giving away to much information.
Style conventions:
Still using the black and white
theme.
Genre conventions:
Picking out individuals is a
stereotype of thrillers, the fact
that they are being circled in
thick ink also links to thriller.
12. Genre conventions: This
trailer is very obscure as it
gives nothing away about the
film. it uses Halloween colours
which can be related to
thriller.
Style conventions: it uses
Halloween colours which
can be related to thriller.
16. Genre Conventions: Here we
see abstract pictures of faces
which is related to thriller
because they look spooky and
unfamiliar to us.
Style conventions: In these
clips we do not have any text
or credits which can
represent different style
conventions. This film
doesn’t use
