Tuesday 24 January 2012

Generic Conventions of Thriller Movies

Limitless:
Bradley Copper (Eddie) is the protagonist and he finds the antagonist Johnny Whitworth (Vernon) murdered in his apartment which has been ransacked.
The narrative presents ordinary situations in which extraordinary things happen, it is shown when the protagonist is writing a book, finds a drug and which makes the human brain work double the pace of a normal brain. The protagonist says that he feels limitless from just taking this drug.
There is another antagonist who makes the audience aware of the protagonist's fallible behaviour because of taking the 'limitless' drug.


Panic Room
In the film, the micro elements (camerawork, sound, editing, mise en scene) all help created a suspense atmosphere. The film has a lot of very dark and gloomy, low key lighting which creates suspense and tension.
The protagonists are the mother and the daughter who are hiding from the antagonists (the burglars). One of the protagonists (the daughter) is diabetic and goes into a coma when she is locked inside the panic room. But one of the antagonists (the burglar) has protagonist attributes as he helps the daughter by giving her the necessary medication.














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