Unit 10 Analysing The stylistic and narrative codes and conventions of fictional films and genres What is Thriller? Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television, having numerous sub genres. Thrillers are characterised and defined by the moods. they give the viewers feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety and Stylistic Film styles. A thriller usually consists of a battle between the protagonist character and the antagonist, when there is a disruption in the equilibrium. Then the story shows a chain of bad events building tension and suspense for the climax. The aim of the protagonist is to restore justice, while the antagonist seeks to destroy it. Thriller Narratives The thriller is a kind of fiction that uses the suspense, the tension and the excitement as principal elements of the plot. It is very diffused in literature, cinema and television. A thriller, to define him such, must ...