Thriller Trailers
This is the trailer to a film called The Final Girl. I haven't seen this movie myself but I can tell that this movie is a thriller and not a horror film in many ways, however it could be mistaken as a horror film as well. The soundtrack to this trailer plays a key role in determining whether this is a thriller or a horror trailer. It's very fast paced, loud and features a lot of drums which are typical of films with a lot of action and drama. There is a lot of violence, murder and very low key lighting as the main setting seems to be in a forrest of some sort. There are a lot of fast paced cuts in the editing which makes the film itself seem fast paced and tense. However, you can work out a lot about the film by watching this trailer, I could already guess what happens at the end and after looking up the synopsis of the film, turns out I, and many others, guessed it right too. This shouldn't happen when watching a thriller trailer as part of the excitement of watching a thriller film is that you don't know what is going to happen at the end. This film trailer may give a lot away about the plot of the film but in terms of the codes and conventions of thriller trailers, this has got most of it spot on.
This trailer is for the thriller film Non-Stop. Again, I haven't seen this movie but I can tell that this is a thriller film rather than a horror. First of all, Liam Neeson is known for doing thriller films with his biggest success being Taken. By using a traditional thriller actor, it gives the audience an idea that the film will be a thriller and probably quite good. The soundtrack is very tense and loud again and the use of the call bell to create tension has been done very effectively. Another thing I noticed is that the main setting of the film appears to be on a plane. A plane is a very tense place for some people in our current day and age as planes have been going missing or being taken hostage so a lot of people are nervous to board planes and don't feel safe until they're on the ground again. By using the plane as the basis of the plot and setting, it automatically makes the audience feel tense. There is a constant dull lighting but unlike a horror, there are no "jump scares" which is where I usually find the difference between horrors and thrillers.
The final trailer I'm looking at the codes and conventions of is The Riot Club. This trailer starts off quite positively, with a positive soundtrack, we're learning that all of these boys are very wealthy, clever and important and it looks to just be a film about the boy's club that they have. But around half way through the trailer, we start to realise there's something more sinister about the film. The music changes to become more dramatic and it changes key. There are scenes of violence, what appears to be a girl because sexually assaulted and it is implied that someone has been murdered. This all implies that this film is a thriller because it becomes very tense, the shots get darker and quicker and the plot itself isn't a positive one.
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