The thriller film genre promotes suspense, tension and anticipation aiming in the hope that it will keep the audience on the "edge of their seats."
There are many different thriller sub-genre's, each with its own expectations from its audience, the genre branches into science fiction, action, crime, western and film noir. Some thrillers are mix of two, a hybrid thriller allows the film to take multiple conventions of popular genres such as action and science fiction to appeal to a wider audience.
The character in a thriller is someone the audience can be drawn into, as the film develops hopefully the audience's understanding of that person increases. Characters in thrillers include a variety of individualistic personalities that will often feel out of place in there world. An example would be criminals, cops and drifters to psychotic individuals, or perhaps a mix. The personality of the main role is often seen reflected or harshly contrasted in their envrioment and location.
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