The Conventions of Our Thriller- Aimee

There are four conventions of a Thriller that I would like to incorporate into our opening, these are just four of the many Thriller conventions that there are.

The first convention is Voyeurism. Voyeurism is a situation when someone is oblivious they are being watched  and the voyeur does not relate directly with the subject of his interest.  It is one of the top conventions I would like to see in our Thriller opening because our Thriller is about a girl who is being stalked but is unsure of it and the element of voyeurism will give the opening an eerie effect as the male character is spying upon her. A Thriller that I have previously looked at that incorporates Voyeurism is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. This is a Thriller about a man who ends up with a broken leg and cannot leave his building so he spies on his neighbours through his window (making you an accomplice in his voyeuristic self-assurance, which I would like our Thriller to do) and unravels some private secrets of neighbours.

A convention that will be in our Thriller is Crime which is the main foundation of our film, the micro element will be mystery as I want the audience to keep guessing throughout the start of the film why the man is stalking the teenage girl. I think that featuring crime into the storyline will excite the audience as they know what is happening to the characters but they want to wait and see what will occur which keeps there attention drawn. The Thriller will start with a girl being stalked over a social networking site the police are then involved to reveal whoever is doing this. The audience know who the stalker is, they just don't know if the police will find him, so they carry on watching to find out.

A convention which I believe is an important aspect of our Thriller must be Mise-en-scene which involves lighting, costume, location and props. The situations that the protagonist is in will reflect how the Mise en-scene is and build up the scene to show the audience what is going to happen and if that scene is going to be positive or negative. In the start of our Thriller without the protagonist knowing the antagonist is watching and creating a book of the times he has stalked the female character, this will be a dark setting with a murky location and specific props to show us the situation is unsafe . The scene previous to this though will be the girl in her normal situation which will be a happier setting as the audience do not know the dangerous and dodgy situation she will be in. The different situations contrast each other reflecting the contrasts the protagonist is in.

Idea of the antagonist ensnaring the protagonist is another last convention that I believe will be a strong element to the Thriller. As the antagonist's stalking motives get stronger the character getting stalked starts feeling more trapped and feeling as if the stalker is catching her until she feels isolated and helpless. This will incorporate a side to the Thriller which makes people worried about the girl and creates a feeling of hatred towards the stalker.The hatred towards the stalker will make the audience feel snared as they are an accomplice in his voyeurism, and want to watch on to make sure that he is caught.