A) From the clip build ideas on what you think the conventions of this sub-genre are.
We watched the film 'Leon' and the conventions of an action-thriller which we found within the film was that the film is very fast pace right from the beginning, the film starts by a brief conversation to give the audience an idea of the characters and then it goes straight into the action. Also, the film is quite gory for a thriller film because thrillers don't usually show a large amount of actual killings but in this film within the first half an hour there is at least nine or ten people killed. We believe this could be because the film is a certified 18. Another convention is that there is a protagonist (Leon) and an antagonist (Stan), which is quite typical for thriller films. Another convention which we discovered from this film is that there is a character who you don't quite fully understand, in this case Leon. Most thriller films have a twist in them which is not revealed until the end of the film, we predict that secrets about Leon will not be exposed until the end of the film.
B) Which characters are introduced and what do we learn about them?
The first character we are introduced to is the protagonist, Leon. From this first conversation we learn that he has quite a highly regarded reputation for assassinating people. there is also an element of a split personality within the character because he goes off and kills lots of people, then goes and buys some milk and is quite calmly sitting at home. The second protagonist appears to be the little girl. Matilda. The camera firstly shows her outfit which is quite fun and vibrant reflecting her inner personality, when Leon walks past her she appears quite confident because she speaks to him without really knowing him.
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