What makes a good thriller...

What makes a good thriller…

Characters…
Hitchcock [blonde] women à Blonde and dumb
Baddies
Victims – damsel in distress
Hero
Hero and anti hero ie Dexter
Femme Fatale

Costumes…
Red dress
Black suit and tie crisp white shirt
Black long coats
1950’s
Top hat

Settings and Locations…
At night
Raining
Foggy – smoke machine
Fire place in old Victorian home
Churchyard
Forests
Windy, thunder and lightening

Sound and Music…
Silence
Jaws – dun dun dun duh
Screaming
Clock chimes
Heavy breathing
Gun shot
Commentary – monologue

Situations…
Women and men smoking in bed = they’ve just had sex [frowned upon to be showed in film]
People looking in a mirror, person bends down, stands up straight and reflection of someone behind
Cliff-hanger

Good examples of thrillers…
The Godfather one and two
Inception
Pulp fiction
The Dark Knight
Rear Window
Fight Club
Psycho
The usual suspects
The silence of the Lambs
Flight plan
Se7en
Salt
Sin City
Red for blood
Leon
Reservoir Dogs