Genre conventions: Thrillers (task 14)

A thriller is a novel, play, or movie with an exciting plot. It often revolves around anticipation and suspense, with the aim being to keep the audience alert and on the edge of their seats. Tension and excitement are often used as the main elements of thriller films.

In crime thrillers you usually see, ransoms, heists or revenge. In physiological thrillers there are mind games, stalking and obsession. Spies, espionage, conspiracies and assassins are most common in spy thrillers.

Primary features of a thriller:

• The protagonist faces death

• The protagonist's main story line is a quest

• The main plot line focuses on a mystery that must be solved

• Dominated by the protagonists perspective 

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Characters that are usually seen are criminals, stalkers, psychotic individuals, killers, sociopaths and innocent individuals.

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