Codes and Conventions of the Thriller Genre
Each opening for each genre of film each follows certain codes and conventions of that inparticular genre, this helps set the atmosphere and foreshadows ideas about the storyline in the introduction of the film. In the thriller genre the codes and conventions which it follows helps build tension and suspense for the audience. Mise en scene, sound, music and editing all contribute to the atmosphere created for the audience. Some of the conventions which are included for the opening sequence of the thriller include:

• Quick snappy shots which adds to the excitement for the rest of the film
• Edits are quick, most often straight cuts, which make the opening fast paced and add to th e atmosphere for the opening
• Music often is loud, and tempo increases throughout the opening until reaching a climax
• the lighting is often dark, and usually creates shadows adding to the mystery of the thriller

Location

Our group has decided to go with a paranormal thriller, so we have decided to go for an old castle as the setting for our thriller. Emma from our group's Mum owns a company called Haunted Happenings, so our group has decided to go for one of the venues which they hold there events. Tutbury Castle is where we will film, we have tried to base our storyboard around where were going to film even though we haven't visited the castle. Haunted happenings do ghost hunts including things like glass moving, ouija boards and table tipping. In the opening of our thriller we are going to include clips of this.
http://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/






Props
Ouija board
Glass
Table (for table tipping)
A candle and a match

Actors
Because our thriller is moslty based on paranormal activities we do not need many actors as they isn't a lot of dialouge or acting needed throughout the clip. However to build up tension we used some actors to establish the setting and the storyline of the thriller. The actors that we used included:
Lizzie Tye

Kristina Lowe

Louise Alvey