Friday 15 January 2010

Crime Thriller Conventions

Conventions:

- Suspenseful account of successful or failed crimes.
- Features - murders/robbers/shoot outs/double cross.
- Can glorify the rise plus fall of a criminal - often based on a real person.
- In large crowded cities to provide a viewer with an insight into a secret world.
- Characters have ambitions desire for success or recognition.
- Rivalry between binary opposite characters is strong.
- Many locations - seedy interior settings.







There are many conventions fulfilled in this trailer which places it in the Crime Thriller genre.
There are many suspenseful accounts of the crimes which have been committed, leaving the viewer to keep guessing whether they were successful or not.
We have the essence of mystery in the film linking with the title Usual Suspects.

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