Thriller

Semantic of Thrillers • The common semantics of a

thriller movie will be to include certain prop, locations and characters. The usual props in a thriller would be a weapon such as a knife or a gun, which the antagonist would use. The common location for a thriller would be a dark dull city, because other setting would be unsuitable, for example the countryside. The usual character in a thriller would be a antagonist, which will be a murky character and protagonist, which will be an enigmatic character.

Syntactic of Thriller

• The common story of a thriller genre would be to include an antagonist, which would be the villain and murder ETC. It would also include the protagonist, which would be the hero, for example a detective. The common theme of a thriller would be the protagonist searching for the antagonist and avenge the murders. An example of this theme is The Dark Knight Rises, where Bain is the antagonist and Batman is the protagonist.

Conclusion

• From the information I have gained I found that the semantic and the syntactic have to be included in our trailer for it to become a effective thriller.