Typical Thriller Themes
-isolation, lonliness, entrapment, stalking, claustrophobia, murder, law and order, vunerablility, revenge, corruption, voyeursim, secrets, suicide, sexuality, power, ambiguity, secuction, terroism, anxiety, deception, treachery, torture, heists, obsession, addiction etc...
Typical Thriller Characters
-lone detectives, femmefatale, stalkers, innocent victims, terroists, private-eyes, gangsters, the final girl, mysterious strangers, phychotic individulas, fugitives, shadowy figures, innocent/evil children, vunerable female etc...
Typical Thriller Iconogrpahy
-shadows, steet lights, gun, binoculars, knives, blood smears, artifial lights, polorioids, mist, money, briefcases, drugs, masks, technology, water, candles, glass, blinds, derelict buildings, windows & mirrors (frames within frames), rain, extreme close ups, neon lights, underwear, CCTV footage etc...
Typical Thriller Narrative Events, Sounds, Actions
-being watched, someone being followed, discovery (of a body), being trapped, gunshot, screaming, chase, stalking, voyuerism, scaming, love triangles, creaking, dramatic music, snapshots, locations (basements, attics, alleyways), stabbing, kidnap, howling of wing/rattling of bins/storm, money changing hands, being tied up, crime scenes, searches for the truth, phone calls, CCTV, sitting in bars, meetings etc...
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