Thriller Film Trailer Codes and Conventions

● Normal Locations
● Not chronological
● Flashbacks
● Pace of editing increases
● Volume builds
● Fast pace editing
● Dialogue acts as a voiceover
● Fades to black and white
● Montage shots
● Isolated settings
● Rural settings
● First character is normally the protagonist
● 1 to 1 and a half minutes long
● Left on a cliffhanger
● Tense and non diegetic music
● Direct mode of address
● Editing effects