Mise-en-Scene

Codes and Conventions of a Thriller

A main feature of a thriller is entrapment, therefore the main setting of thrillers are claustrophobic.

E.g;
Flightplan, Snakes on a Plane, Phonebooth, Kill Bill 2 and Panic Room all have claustrophobic spaces and a sense of entrapment
Flightplan - location - plane

Snakes on a Plane - location - plane

Phonebooth - location - phonebooth

Kill bill 2 - location - buried in a coffin

Some examples of claustrophic spaces are:
•planes
•coffins
•under water
•boot of a car
•elevator/lift
•walk in freezer
•tube trains
•white van
•small room
•car
•prison cell
•narrow alleyways
•multi-storey car parks