What is a thriller?

A thriller is a film which usually includes violence, murder, criminals, death and mystery. A twist in a plot, hidden identity and mystery's waiting to be solved are common of a thriller film.



Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at the thriller 'The Usual Suspects'. We started off analysing the poster, including writing a list of all the denotations and connotations. We then went on to analyse the opening scene, again talking about denotation and connotation but also discussing mise-en-scene, camera work and angles, editing and sound, in great detail. We were then assigned an essay which basically put all of this analysing together.