Political Thriller Conventions (expanded)

We made a list of conventions present in Political thriller films such as Vantage point (2008), V for Vendetta (2006) and Frost/Nixon (2008). One of the narrative conventions that we see in the genre is that the film set against a political struggle backdrop, Vantage Point (2008) is an example of the use of a poltical backdrop, our analysis of Vantage Point can be found here. The convention of Protagonist and Antagonists are also present in the political thriller genre, The Plot is designed so the Antagonist tries to give political power to somebody whilst the Protagonist tries to to stop this. Another convention of Political Thriller films is that Innocent characters are drawn into the Political world (such as Evey in V for Vendetta) and have to prove their innocence. There are themes of deceit in the films. and the films also contain helper characters and false heros.

Evey (left) Is seen as the helper character to the
Protagonist, V (who is on the right)