Some film makers wuld say that films do not have to follow rules, or that rules are made to be broken. However, many would have to agree that there are certain conventions that mainstream films observe in order to be acceptable to the mass market.
In class, we discussed what elemnts we thought successful thrillers should include. Here is what we came up with:
- A young, naive yet resourceful protagonist.
- A villain/antagonist with a shady past who is initially more powerful than the hero.
- Lots of suspense.
- An element of mystery (enigma).
- Mysterious phone calls/letters.
- High tech gadgets.
- Fast-paced action scenes.
- Flashbacks.
- The hero will usually defeat the more powerful villain in the end.
- The hero falls in love.
- A curious character who usually finds themselves in trouble.
- A double agent (false hero).
- Conspiracy.
- Reason for conflict.
- A maguffin.
- Weapons.
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