Characters - When a thriller is being written the writer has to make a good group of characters. As it is the characters that help to create the tension on screen, with out a menacing 'villain' and a strong hero or heroin, and of course strong character back grounds and dialogue the movie can not be a success.
Themes - Strong themes help to a story line to capture its audience. There is usually a battle between our hero who we have followed through our movie and our villain. We also have our stereotypical themes of fighting corruption, a terrorist, a hold up or a hostage situation. One of my favorite examples of a hostage theme is phone booth, its tense through out and keeps you as a audience member "on your toes". We will usually have a normal person maybe a policeman or a man of wealth in an extraordinary situation.
Plot Twists - Plot twists are used in many thriller films. Unexpected twists help to create a dramatic ending for the movie to compliment hopefully the exciting climax.
Setting - A thrillers setting also helps to create tension.
Example: If we had our hero tracking down a villain in a Mcdonalds at mid-day it wouldn't be as scary as it would if it it was in a woods at mid-night.
Sub genres - This is when a thriller film has attributes of other genres, this may be action, comedy or even sci-fi.
Mise -en-scene - This is: costumes; objects; weather; setting or natural and unnatural pieces of film.
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