thriller conventions

the conventions of the thriller genre invlove editing and sound. eg camera angle changes and quick cuts , music that gives tension. it can also be to do with lighting, such as the use of shadow. mirrors and stairs are also good conventions of thrillers.
most thriller i have seen have the credits done over a black creen with some non diegetic music playing in the background to set the scene. it is also common for some films to start with a particular event before titles such as terminator 2 and limitless which all show a clip of what the film will be about. another convention of titles is that usually the most important film companies or actors in the film are shown first in the credits. 
tracking and pan shots are commonly used in the beginning of thriller films, an example is the bank heist scene in the dark knight where the camera tracks in the group at certain points.
the most typical shot used in thriller films seems to be the close uo, greatly used in both films se7en and kill bill to build suspense and mystery in the beginning.
another thing that is quite common is the low levels of framing and high angles at certain points, the high angle is used mainly to show those in a powerful position but they might also be used such as in terminator 2 with the first arrival of the terminator shown to be in control and having most of the power. there seens to be a main characters in the beginning which seems to have the majority of power and this is shown through the camera angles.
the general location used in the thriller movies i have looked at depends on the story of the movie themselves and because of that theres a lot of difference in location. lighting is a key aspect used in most films.