Conventions of the genre Thriller

In A thriller film or TV drama, there are many different conventions for the film to fit in to the 'Thriller' category. There are many different conventions that make the film a certain genre and in this I will explain the specifics for thriller.

Withholding a lot of information:
This is one of the most key conventions associated with the genre Thriller. This means that a large amount of information is hidden/withheld from the audience. This makes the audience want to watch on and find out the hidden information. This would also create a mysterious atmosphere towards the audience as they are unaware of all the information associated with the characters and storyline.

Clues:
As well as the opening sequence withholding information, it will also give clues and hints about the characters who the characters are or what has happened in the scene. This can help the audience understand the characters and give would foreshadow what will happen next.

Serious Tone:
Another key convention to the genre is having a serious tone. This will craft a tense atmosphere towards the audience and this will set the tone for the rest of the film and give to audience clue to what genre it is and what may happen. 

Possible viewing of the Protagonist:
One common convention is the audience getting their first look at the protagonist. This gives the audience thier first impression of the protagonist for their appearance, personality and motives. This will give the audience clues to what may happen during the film.

Possible viewing of the Antagonist:
One uncommon convention is the audience getting their first look at the antagonist. This gives the audience thier first impressions of the antagonist for their appearance, personality ans motives. This can give the audience and insight into what the antagonist is doing, why is he doing it and why is he like that. This may give the audience hints as to what may happen later in the film.

Equilibrium broken early on:
Another common convention is the Equilibrium being broken early on in the sequence/film. This will disrupted the normality of the setting and create a tense and mysterious tone towards the audience as they are unaware of what it happening and will make the audience want to watch more to find out what happens and this will also make them ask questions.

Makes the audience ask questions:
One other convention is that the opening sequence will make the audience ask questions. The audience will ask questions such as what is happening, who are the main characters, what is going to happen and why. This will also keep the audience interested as they want to watch more so they can find out.

Low key lighting:
A general convention that many thriller films have in common is low key lighting. This creates a mysterious and intense atmosphere towards the audience and makes them ask questions. This will also give the audience a hint as to what may happen and what genre the film is.

Slow paced score:
The convention of a slow paced score is used to slow down the action on scene and to re-enforce the atmosphere create. This will make the audience want to watch on and ask questions.

Titles:  
This is probably the most common convention, not only for the genre thriller but all genre's. This will introduce all the people who helped make the film and this can also emphasis the tone set though the opening.

Costume:
The convention of Costume is used to emphasis and create character personality and attitude. This can also help the audience from an opinion on them and help fit the character into a certain stereotype. From example: Black costume could show a representation of a bad guy whereas pink could show the innocents of a little girl.

Props:
Another convention, the use of props, it done to re-enforce a certain situation or to make the audience stop and think about what may happen or what has already happened. This can also help the audience form an opinion on the characters depending on the props they use or have on them.