Weapons:
Weapons are a well known prop used throughout a majority of thriller films. They are commonly used to fend off the bad person or solve the dilemma of a situation for example in the Lord of the rings trilogy the use of a bow or a sword. However weapons can also be used to portray a sense of a character being vulnerable or in a certain level of distress for example the characters within dawn of the dead have a limited amount of weapons which lowers there levels of secuirty and safety.
Key prop to highlight thoughts:
Props such as pictures or lettersa can show a characters chain of thoughts and what they are planning on doing or how they are feeling. For example the use of the protaganists key attention to receiving and finding letters within P.S I Love You.
Blood:
Within the thriller genre blood is a common sight. This is typically seen within the sub genre of a horror-thriller to show someones pain and torment that they are currently going through. Films such as Saw and Hostel use blood excesivly to show the level of torture the victim is going through.
Good work Ryan, there are more props to explore in your own production, especially as your post is called typical thriller propS. Also, proof read!
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