Teen thriller

Teen Thriller Trailers

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.

Themes of a Thriller

Typical things te expect in a Thriller Trailer

Guns

Low Key Lighting Cars

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 8

Religious thrillers- uses religious themes, objects and ceremonies during a film e.g. Angels and demons

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

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.