Research into generic codes and conventions

The genre that I am going to research is thriller.

Narrative - the basic storyline of this genre is the protagonist would face death they would either experience someone elses or they may experience death themselves, then there is the antagonist that focuses on the life of the protagonist and they are normally are stronger than the protagonist. And the antagonist would foucus on the mystery of the protagonist.
Character- the stock character that is in the 'The Eye' is Sydney Wells played by Jessica Alba. She plays a blind woman that has been donated eyes from a witch that could see who was going to die and when and how they wher going to die. When being donated these eyes she was able to see all of the things that the witch was able to see, also the reflection that she would see in the mirrror would be the reflection of the witch and she thought to belive the reflection she saw was what she actually looked like.
Setting/Location- these films are normally set in a everday setting, there would not be a parctiular time of day that it would be film. By doing this it makes the audience believe that these events are able to happen in every day life. However it is mainly set in the night, the type of locations that they would use would range from the large citites, hotels, petrol stations, forests, warehouses, hospitals, flats and school/college. The impact it has by using these type of locations is that it gives more realness to the film so it gives a twist to events that happen in everyday life.
Iconography- the types of costume that are used are clothing that people would wear on a casual day and for the person that is trying to create the tense and scary atmosphere would normally be wearing dark clothing.
Cinematography- there are lot of extreme close ups used in this genre to so certain impact the atmosphere has on the character and the audience are about to focus more on them areas. Other shots that used alot in this genre are extreme long shots to establish the location. High and low angle shots are used so to show dominance.
Sound- the type sound effects that are used are banging of doors, scrashing blackboards and screech in on glass. the type of non diegetic sound that would be used to emphasise the mood of the atmosphere is a dreary soundtrack and screams of little children.