- Codes and conventions of mise-en-scene (everything within the frame e.g. costume, location etc)
- Representation of particular social groups and ideology (values and messages)
- Audience - Every media targets a specific audience
- Institutions - film, place of exhibition (i.e. cinema, dvd)
Generic feature of a thriller is entrapment. Thus claustrophobic spaces are a key generic signifier in thriller.
Flightplan, Snakes on a Plane, Phonebooth, Kill Bill 2 and Panic Room all have claustrophobic spaces and a sense of entrapment
Flightplan - location - plane
Snakes on a Plane - location - plane
Phonebooth - location - phonebooth
Kill bill 2 - location - buried in a coffin
Claustrophobic spaces such as:
- planes
- coffins
- under water
- boot of a car
- elevator/lift
- walk in freezer
- tube trains
- white van
- small room
- car
- prison cell
- narrow alleyways
- multi-storey car parks
Lighting
- Noir - very dark
- Chiaroscuro - light against dark - creates a sense of illusion, nightmare whilst also being aesthetically pleasing.
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