This term describes traditions for each genre. These conventions help to define each genre. Generic Conventions are the features within a film that allows it to be classified into a specific genre, such as thrillers, comedies, action and other sub-genres. The sound and music, camerawork, lighting, editing, mise-en-scene, plot, characters, locations and conventions all contribute to the production of a Thriller Film.
https://literaryterms.wikispaces.com/generic+conventions
What is Mise-en-scène?
The arrangement of everything that appears in the framing – actors, lighting, décor, props, costume – is called mise-en-scène, a French term that means “placing on stage.” It originated in the theatre, although for film it has a wider meaning and refers to almost everything in the frame, including the composition itself, the movement of the camera and characters, the frame, the costuming, props and makeup, lighting, set design and the general visual environment, the actors used and
even sound, as it helps elaborate the composition, even though the mise-en-scène is mostly visual. The camerawork also makes up the mise-en-scène of a movie. Even though many professionals are involved in its creation, the director is the one that oversees the entire mise-en-scène and all of its elements. Not just that, but during the early stages of pre-production, the director sits down with set designers, prop masters, location managers, costume designers, and scenic artists to determine the look and feel intended. In some instances, the mise-en-
scène is used to create lasting feelings throughout the movie and not just for selected scenes. Mise-en-scenè in thrillers are very important because it is almost everything that we see on the screen in the film. Usually, in thrillers clothing and makeup are very important for creating effects such as injuries or making an actor look evil and portraying the danger that a person is in. Also the use of props such as weapons help the audience to establish the film to be thriller. Good actors are always important, no matter what the movie is about and often there are actors that are associated with thriller movies which automatically lead us to believe it is a thriller. The set design is also very important in a thriller as it is an important factor in setting the scene for events that are about to happen in the film.
http://www.elementsofcinema.com/directing/mise-en-scene.html
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~landon/Local_Information_Files/Mise-en-Scene.htm
Lighting
Lighting in thrillers is mainly low key which is usually used to create harsh shadows on faces, bodies and props. It also sets the scene for thrillers and portrays the main themes of the genre. Low key lighting is normally used during the more sinister, scary scenes to emphasise the suspense and tension. It helps provide detail, making the viewer unsettled as they can't see whats going to happen until its too late. This exaggerates the impact of the sudden event which is often frightening and is enhanced by climactic music. Low-key lighting relies on shadows, deep blacks and darker tones, with very few whites and middle tones. It is somber, mysterious and moody, dramatic or even ominous depending on the subject.
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3558/using-lighting-style-to-create-mood-high-key-and-low-key-lighting/
Sound Typical Thriller Music From the Film Psycho
http://blogs.thegrangeschool.net/06hawkinss/2011/03/22/codes-and-conventions-of-a-thriller/
Camera work
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-54_u-251_t-647_c-2411/camera-shots-angles-and-movement-lighting-cinematography-and-mise-en-scene/nsw/camera-shots-angles-and-movement-lighting-cinematography-and-mise-en-scene/skills-by-text-type-film/film-overview
http://www.slideshare.net/ReginaOkeke/codes-and-conventions-of-thriler-films
Editing
Quick cuts are very common during thriller films. This is usually because multiple things are happening that we're unaware of and the quick cuts fill us in, they allow the audience to make assumptions on what the story or characters will be like. These quick cuts can also be seen in films such a psycho, when the women in the shower is getting stabbed. There is a lot of fast cuts, as it shows different angles of her being stabbed. This makes the film fast paced and makes it more tense. Another one is fade to black. This has been used in the film Three Monkeys, at the end when the final shot is of a man standing at the top of a ramshackle building, looking out on a dark horizon; thunder tolls; a train runs in from the left side of the screen, and appears to enter the side of the building, then the screen fades to black. This film was written by Nuri Bilge Ceylan in 2008.It makes the film more suspense, because you don’t know what is going to come up next. Another type of editing that is common is obstructive editing. The accentuate the feelings of suspense and tension. They are often used during an important or 'thrilling' scene, sometimes creating a disorientation of time and space, by using montage editing.
http://blogs.thegrangeschool.net/06hawkinss/2011/03/22/codes-and-conventions-of-a-thriller/
http://www.slideshare.net/CharlotteEmmaVicki/codes-and-conventions-of-thrillers
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