THRILLER CONVENTIONS IN TRAILERS

The Final Destination

'The final destination' is a supernatural horror film written by Eric Bress and directed by David R. Ellis which can also be seen as a thriller as the trailer reveals some of its conventions.

Such as theatre of the mind, making the audience imagine. this frequently used convention builds up the tension and suspense throughout the trailer keeping the audience intrested and wanting more. for example the trailer allows the audience to see short clips of the scenes were each teenager may die however because its short and fades into other clips the audience is left to think of what may be happening.

Another convention it uses it constant use of enigma codes which creates a sense of mystery and uncertainty for the audience which makes them drawn into the film right from the start. the trailer suggests that the main character has supernatural powers which allow him to see the future mintues early biding him time to change what may happen. this gives the audience a sense of abnormality however even though it seems abnormal people in society right now believe they can see the future and tell the future which signifies it can be classes as normal. normality and realism is another convention of a thriller which this trailer has clearly portrayed that final destination has.

The Non diagetic slow paced music is another convention of a thriller film which helps create suspense and a tense atmosphere. As we get to the part were everything is going wrong, the bolts unscrewing themselves and the care breaking into pieces etc the music builds up, it becomes faster in pace and the speed of the music risens connoting something has gone wrong and that something bad is going to happen.



The Hand That Rock The Cradle



I think this thriller trailer portrays a good thriller in some ways. it starts of with a red herring making the audience think the nanny is a good person however as the story develops we discover she is infact the atagonist.
the trailer uses alot of sound in orders to create suspence and tension such as tense mysterious music around the nanny, soud effects of the glass breaking etc
the mise en scene helps in identifying this film to be a thrilller it uses props such has a knife, the nanny reached out for the knife which creates a tense atmosphere. the editing is generally slow but when the tense music approaches the pace becomes faster. the cienmatography include lotws of long shots close up and mid shots which help the audience understand who is who and wht is happening.