First of all a thriller is a genre board, it can be a play, a book or a movie that has an exciting plot. generally thrillers have a lot of crime and murder, also thrillers have a fast pacing, so for example one thing happens after another. throughout a thriller film, has lots of frequent action happening. furthermore, thrillers contain a resourceful hero who is usually make, and the villain who presents obstacles the hero must overcome. A standard plot elements of a thriller consists of danger and violence. Thrillers can be defined by the primary mood they create.
Thrillers have a lot of devices which makes them, for example a device they use is suspense which grabs the audiences attention, making them excited, scared, etc etc.
Another device thrillers have are red herrings, which is basically when the audience is tricked along with the actor/actress. In addition thrillers also have cliff hangers, where the audience is literally at the edge of their seats.
an example of a cliff hanger scene is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=897R5qNVYlU
Thrillers often take place in exotic settings, an example of exotic settings would be a foreign country, thrillers are not really filmed at local areas.
Compared to mystery stories thrillers occur on a much grander scale, for example the crimes that must be prevented are serial or mass murder.
In conclusion there are all different kinds of thrillers, i.e, legal thrillers, spy thrillers, action thrillers, adventure thrillers, horror thrillers the list just goes on and on.
