How Vertigo is a classic thriller and how it meets conventions.

We looked at the opening of vertigo to study how the film contains conventions.

From the very beginning, there is fast beat music which is a typical convention in a thriller as it adds drama and creates the atmosphere from the introduction.

Straight away the first characters we see you can instantly tell they are binary opposites. There was two goodies (policemen and detective) who are protagonists and the baddie is the antagonists who is running away from the goodies. This is a classic convention which is commonly used in thrillers as they usually give a good storyline.

The audience can immediately see there is a situation at the beginning which is an enigma and it engages the audience from the introduction which is a popular convention so they can see how there will be further complications in the film.

Another convention is a complication (e.g a fear) in the storyline which in this case as vertigo (The fear of falling and heights) This prevents the protagonist from solving in this storyline which adds to the convention.

The lighting was really dark which is non-diegetic which is a convention often used to add a feel to the storyline and give a wary mood.

The sound effects are apart of a typical convention because in vertigo they use exaggerated sounds on crucial moments to add a thrilling element.