1. Thriller/horror genre conventions
Elle Westwood

2. S.P.I.N.C.T Themes Setting Props Iconography Narrative
Characterization
Themes

3. Setting
Thriller
Exotic places such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or the high seas. Can be set in suburbs and cities. Popular landmarks and cities are common like the big ben in London or the empire state building.
Horror
- Isolated places, dark places, abandoned areas.
Places with a bad history or traumatic events e.g. hospitals
- good settings are clinches are cabins, woods,
abandoned houses, hotels.

4. Props
Thriller
Knifes, blood, drugs, guns, masks, and everyday objects are some of the most common props used in thrillers. The everyday items are used to try and show that it is a disruption between everyday life.
Horror
Knifes, blood, Ouija boards, TV, masks, cameras are all typical props of a horror film this is because they are used to put fear into a person and create tension. Whether its for death, supernatural or another sub genre.
Props are very important in being apart of the set but also to interact with so it isnt all just characters walking about the set. Depending what props they use can help increase the atmosphere in the scene.

5. Iconography
Definition = pictorial material relating to or illustrating a subject
Thriller
Visual effects ~ natural colours, can be dark at times to put tension in the scene. CGI and other graphical edited effects. Fast paced editing.
Lighting ~ natural lighting and low key are mainly used to create realism and make it seem disturbed and like there's some problem.
characters ~ normal family or a slightly distorted family for example the farther missing. A antagonist being a conventional man or a enigma to the true identity of them. Normaly a woman or child victim.
Horror
Visual effects ~ dark colours, purples, reds to connote evil, death, blood. CGI.
Lighting ~ low key helps to make the atmosphere deep and dark and make it hard to see and hidden agendas or figures. Makes things seem un natural but trying to keep the realistic look.
characters ~ monsters can help to induce fear, disgust in the audience with typical monsters or supernatural things being vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, demons and more.

6. Narrative
Thriller
Can be closed (most common) or left open for a sequel
pursues a single-minded goal or a quest for a character
Life threatened, mainly because protagonist doesn’t know the danger of the situation.
Characters in conflict with another character, themselves or the outside force.
Horror
Can be closed or left open for room to a sequel.
Always have a protagonist that commonly has to find, solve, kill something to save or get rid of a problem or the antagonist.
Common story is someone suffers a traumatic experience becoming the antagonist and returns to where they grew up to try to make teenagers or woman suffer. Mainly leaves a survivor that tells the story or makes them the main attention.

7. Characterization Horror Ghosts Psychopaths Zombies Demons Police
Thriller
Convicts
Soldiers
Spies
Law enforcement officers
Stalkers
Men
Criminals
Assassins
Innocent civilians
Psychotic characters
Prison inmates
Horror
Ghosts
Psychopaths
Zombies
Demons
Police
Children and teenagers
Woman victims
Male antagonists
Monsters
dolls

8. Psychological mind games
Themes
Horror
Good and evil
Mental health
Religion
Childhood
Supernatural
Science
Nightmares
Suicide
Monsters
death
Thriller
Terrorism
Political conspiracy
Psychological mind games
Supernatural events
Crime
Spies
Chase
Suspense
Assaination