The location conventions of a thriller are often a desolate location that connotes isolation. Thrillers take place mostly in ordinary suburbs and cities, although sometimes they may take place in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or the high seas. These usually have essentially ordinary heroes who are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. The location therefore sets the scene for the amount of threat. The use of location is imperative to create the right effect and atmosphere for the film trailer. If our character was filmed being taken to a busy area this doe snot create a tense atmosphere as she would get seen.
For example in other thriller films such as "The Call" dark old eerie buildings are used in order to create a dark feel as well as the use of large vast spaces that are desolate and deserted so there is no one to help a victim.
In addition we also looked at a film that wasn't genre specific, for example romance films often take place in particular seasons at there hight, like summer or winter. For example Mamma Mia is filmed in the summer months and the sunshine is what adds to the romance of the film. Furthermore Love Actually takes place in Winter at Christmas, this enhances the romance similarly to how the desolate and isolated location increases the tension of the trailer. The location of Mamma Mia is by the sea and in a tropical environment. Love actually is shot with scene of snow and in cosy houses that enhance the feeling of comfort and romance within the film and therefore trailer.