Road Runner

Chuck Jones was an animation director, and worked at Warner Brothers for decades making short movies starring popular animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck etc.

The roadrunner is another character who is a success in the Warner Brothers industry. It is famous for not using dialogue in its short, humorous clips. It basically includes Wile E.Coyote chasing a road runner purely because it annoys it. When they are both running it does build tension, as the audience are wondering if the Road Runner is going to be caught or not. The only famous words said on that program are "MEEP MEEP!" by the Road Runner. Creating a film with hardly any dialogue is something very hard to do, although it is a bit easier in animated programs/films, simply because anything that happens doesn't have to make perfect sense, and doesn't have to be actually possible. For example when the Coyote falls off the edge of the cliff, he always survives and returns to carry on pestering the Road Runner.

However, nevertheless Road Runner is still a good example of a Thriller, because it follows the rules of a basic thriller. The rules of The Road Runner are:

• The Road Runner cannot harm or upset the Coyote except by saying "MEEP MEEP!"
• The Coyote can stop at any time, if he wasn't a fanatic
• As i already mentioned, there is no dialogue except from "MEEP MEEP!"
• The obvious rule is that the Road Runner must stay on the road, otherwise it would confuse the audience as he wouldn't be a road runner if he doesn't run on the roads. 
• All materials must be obtained by Acme Corporation. So for example the tools, materials, weapons or even mechanical conveniences. 
• Whenever possible, gravity seems to be the Coyote's biggest enemy, for example there are always objects falling on him and flattening him, or he falls of the edge of the cliffs.
• The Coyote never seems to capture the Road Runner, and always seems more humiliated than hurt by objects falling on him or falling off the cliff.   

Most film makers claim there is no certain way to create a good Thriller. They tend to ignore the rules and will try and say that there are no film rules. However there are Thriller conventions that need to be followed to make the Thriller as best as it can. Conventions help the film be classed as acceptable to the mass audience.