Conventions of Thrillers

Crime and corruption-

The dark Knight is a prime example of crime and corruption in a film. Throughout the whole film Batman is fighting crime, attempting to take down the Crime leaders of gotham. He works in close contact with the local law enforcements of Gotham and is his own vigilante which are illegal. There are many examples in the film of crime in the Joker and other small time criminals and corruption with the Joker terrorising society therefore affecting society and in a few cases causing normal people to take irrational dangerous actions.

Mystery-

Pan's Labryinth is an extremely mysterious film and from votes of IMDB it got 14th place on the Mystery Genre list. It has many many examples of mystery with nearly the whole film being based around the idea of a small girls(Ofelia's) imagination taking her away from her normal war filled life. The paleman is a character from the film and is one of the many wonderful creatures although it is an evil, dark one created by Ofelia's immagination.

Enclosed Spaces-

Panic Room is a film which main feature is an enclosed space. The basic principle is that Meg Alkman and her daughter Sarah are trapped within the panic room in there own house, as ther house is being burgled. The majority of the film revolves around the enclosed space of the Panic Room and also gives an overwhelming sense of claustrophobia.

Vast Open Spaces- No Country of Old men is a good example of a
thriller that uses vast open spaces. In many parts of the film long shots across a desert land scape are used, in particular one scene when Llewelyn comes across a bloody exchange between to gangs when hunting. The effect open spaces gives in this film are to illustrate the easiness for crime to take place and how difficult an area it is for authorities to enforce.