Editing conventions within the thriller genre are often focused around creating an uncomfortable or suspenseful atmosphere as quick cuts and fast changing camera angles are often used which disorientates the audience and creates narrative enigma leading to narrative hooks in which audiences want to find out what has happened and are interested in the narrative and as a result watch the film. Tension is vital in the thriller genre as it is that which keeps the audience interested. Through fast paced cuts and fade to white/black tension within a trailer is able to be built. We have used these in our trailer to create this effect. When Becki is escaping we use these fade to black to create suspense and emotion between each shot. However when she is being kidnapped we use a cut transition to create a fast paced trailer.
Another micro feature which holds many important conventions which help elaborate and create a thriller genre film is cinematography. Cinematography depicts the different camera shots and angles and when the thriller genre is concerned these shots and angles are used in greater doses and with faster transitions from one to the next. In conventional thriller films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ 1960 camera angles are used more excessively such as within the scene where Master Norman Bates is having a discussion within Marion Crane.Within this scene fast changing camera shots are used to show disorientation and low camera angles are used on, the murderer-to-be, Master Norman Bates to show the power he has over the female before him which also links to the mise-en-scene used within the sequence as birds of prey hang from the wall to show Norman Bates’ intention to prey upon Marion Crane. This is just one example of the conventions of cinematography in the thriller genre and how they are used to create tension. In our trailer we used shots like this to create a similar effect, we used disorientated shots of Becki in the back of the kidnappers truck to show her being transported and the tension was therefore built as it looked more realistic and the audience begin to form questions about where she is going.