TASK 1: Research - Apply a range of research methods and present results [3.2, 3.3]

Report on the conventions of the genre (form and content)

codes and conventions:

Form and content have to work together to make them coherent. 
In my opinion form tends to make the audience ask questions about the story and the content tells the story so they work together.


Form tends to use a variety of techniques to bring a certain atmosphrer to the audience, it projects a characters personality to the audience and helps them understand what an individual is all about e.g protagonist, antagonist etc. It also is used to build tention and suspence within scenes. Typically for thriller it tends to be dark colours; blue, grey etc and uses shadows within shots - mysterious? 


Types of techniques used for form:
- Intercuts 
- reverse shots
- layout and structure 
- low key lighting 
- shadows
- close up (for facial expressions and highlighting key points)
- camera and lighting
- technical aspects
- sub genre


Content is basically what tells the audience the story and what characters are like, typcally in Thrillers a troubled protagonist / antagonist and false hero / villain - they have typical roles such as being involved with the government or a international and powerful company. content seems to structure everything that happens e.g the races against times, revealing something etc


What Content uses:
- Troubled characters protagonist and antagonist - false hero/villain 
- narrative 
- storyline
- psychological elements
- twists and turns 
- typical jobs and roles 
- race against time
- concludes in show down / something being revealed