Introduction to Thriller codes and conventions

Thriller codes and conventions are basically Mise-en-scene.Its how you use objects, colour , costume or setting to establish a mood or tension etc. for example, if you were to decorate a restaurant in red for a romantic film and send a couple into the restaurant, red can resemble love and passion and having this colour in the background will set the mood that you want. This can also work with music. If you were to put a heavy beat into a film it is most likely to resemble action or danger and is set to raise your heartbeat and that is the purpose. Also , if you were to put a certain piece of music on every time the villain of the film were to enter the room then your audience will recognise this and sense the danger and add tension. You are teaching the audience to feel fear every time that they hear that music and creating a mood of tension and fear.