Thriller trailers aim to keep audiences on the edge of their seats through suspense and anticipation of danger. They often feature guns, cars, and low-key lighting to set a dark, mysterious atmosphere. Teen thriller subgenres include action, crime, psychological, science fiction, and religious thrillers that incorporate themes of drama, mystery, and the mind. Trailers use techniques like close-ups, dramatic music, and low-key back lighting to convey a character's emotions and build suspense.
2. What are Thriller Trailers?
Thrillers are movies with exciting plots, it often is centred around
anticipation and suspense, with the aim to keep the audience alert and on
the edge of their seats. They generally consist of a battle between the
protagonist and antagonist when there is a disruption in the equilibrium.
4. Typical things te expect in a Thriller
Trailer
Guns
Low Key Lighting
Cars
5. Sub genres of a Teen Thriller
Action thriller- uses physical action between characters an objects to create suspense
within the film e.g. Kill Bill
Crime thrillers- combines suspenseful qualities of a thriller with a plot from a crime film
e.g. The Dark Knight Rises
Psychological thrillers- incorporates elements of drama and mystery to a film and
explores the processes of the mind, which help create suspense from the mind rather
than physical feeling of suspense e.g. Shutter Island
Science fiction thrillers- merges science based themes into the plot of the film e.g. super
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Religious thrillers- uses religious themes, objects and ceremonies during a film e.g.
Angels and demons
6. Lighting
Low key lighting
Created by the use of a back light – mainly used in thriller films
Used to represent dark atmospheres which can be seen as scary or
mysterious
7. Camera & Sound
There are mostly lots of close ups and extreme close ups of the
protagonist character, this is to often show their emotions.
The music is key part in a thriller trailer because it helps to understand the
mood of the characters. In a thriller it adds suspense and tensions, it also
often slow and then build up to make the shots more dramatic for the
audience.
