Generic conventions - Jayeb

This is a list of generic conventions that are associated with our genre (Thriller):

• Criminals - Antagonist/hitman
• Stalkers
• Assassins - Antagonist/hitman
• Innocent victims - Witness/victim
• Phsycotic character
• Dark pasts
• Cops

A typical thriller has 1 main antagonist and 1 main protagonist. It ususally takes place in ordinary suburbs. A typical storyline would be of a character in a menacing situation, where esscape seems to impossible; life is threatened and storylines are ususally crime related.