Generic Codes and Conventions

Research and produce a visual presentation detailing main codes and conventions of your chosen genre and/or subgenre. Where possible remember to identify from whom and where your information comes from.

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...Thrillers provide such a rich literary feast. There are all kinds. The legal thriller, spy thriller, action-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military thriller. The list goes on and on, with new variations constantly being invented. In fact, this openness to expansion is one of the genre's most enduring characteristics. But what gives the variety of thrillers a common ground is the intensity of emotions they create, particularly those of apprehension and exhilaration, of excitement and breathlessness, all designed to generate that all-important thrill. By definition, if a thriller doesn't thrill, it's not doing its

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GENRE: Thriller
The primary elements of the thriller genre:
The central protagonist (s) faces death, either their own or somebody else's. The force(s) of antagonism must initially be clever and/or stronger than the protagonist's. The main storyline for the protagonist is either a quest or a character who cannot be put down. The main plotline focuses on a mystery that must be solved.The film's narrative construction is dominated by the protagonist's point of view. All action and characters must be credibly realistic/natural in their representation on screen. The two major themes that underpin the thriller genre are the desire for justice and the morality of individuals. One small, but significant, aspect of a thriller is the presence of innocence in what is seen as an essentially corrupt world. The protagonist/s and antagonist/s may battle not just on a physical level, but on a mental one as well.Either by accident or their own curiousness, characters are dragged into a dangerous conflict or situation that they are not prepared to resolve.

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Common subgenres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers.

SUB-GENRE: Psychological thriller

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Related to mind or processes of the mind Mental rather that physical in nature Typically focus on one character- mental struggle Conflict is to help understand Conflict made more vivid in physical expressions of the conflict in the means of physical manifestations or physical torsions of the characters

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Focus on the plot as opposed to characters Physical action over psyche

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