Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Titles (Psychological Thrillers)
Titles within Psychological Thrillers usually consist of monotone colours and give of an eerie vibe. Because of the monotonous tone, titles can be quite eye catching as it's more basic to usual film title's, it's simplicity works enough to instil a sense of fear and alert the audience the film will be indeed psychologically thrilling.
Settings/Locations (Psychological Thrillers/Horror)
Forests/Woods -
The surrounding darkness, the shadows of the trees, sounds heard in the background give a feel of isolation, mystery, tension and fear.
Dark Alleyways -
Also instil a feeling of fear and isolation, due to a smaller spacing(confined) making you feel trapped in the darkness. Not knowing what lurks in the shadows creates and unsettling and edge feeling.
Mental Institutes
Places full of emotion, insanity and problematic occurrences. Screams of patients,the smell of medicine and drugs, the whole atmosphere is unpleasant and make a sane person go insane.
Abandoned Houses/Cabins
Unfamiliar environments creates and unnerving feeling, dark, quiet and isolated. Places in the middle of nowhere also give a sense of isolation and fear.
The surrounding darkness, the shadows of the trees, sounds heard in the background give a feel of isolation, mystery, tension and fear.
Dark Alleyways -
Also instil a feeling of fear and isolation, due to a smaller spacing(confined) making you feel trapped in the darkness. Not knowing what lurks in the shadows creates and unsettling and edge feeling.
Mental Institutes
Places full of emotion, insanity and problematic occurrences. Screams of patients,the smell of medicine and drugs, the whole atmosphere is unpleasant and make a sane person go insane.
Abandoned Houses/Cabins
Unfamiliar environments creates and unnerving feeling, dark, quiet and isolated. Places in the middle of nowhere also give a sense of isolation and fear.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Iconography (within psychological thrillers)
Knives -
Knives are commonly used within the thriller genre as the hold connotations of danger,violence,pain and death. A typical representation of this would be in the famous knife scene from Hitchcock's film 'Psycho' , in this scene a knife is used to suggest an element of danger and violence. Knives are a common device to keep the audience engaged.
Shadows -
Shadows give off an 'on edge' feeling, the sense of anonymity creating suspense. Shadows are used in particular films to build up tension and create a mysterious feel to intrigue the audience. Often shadows are used to hide behind, for example a killer would use a shadow in his favour to mask his identity as well as create tension.
Confined Spaces -
Confined spaces are used to play on the audiences fears. It creates a sense of being confined, in others works trapped, therefore making the audience uncomfortable and uneasy when watching a film. In a sense the audience can relate to the feeling of being confined when watching characters on screen as this makes them feel a sense of sympathy or insecurity seeing someone else trapped.
Street Lamps -
Street lights are used within thriller films to act as a sort of spotlight for the protagonist/main character, the dark surroundings of the character can represent struggle or isolation. Further being alone in the dark can create fear within the audience as they do not know what may be hiding in the darkness therefore building a tense atmosphere.
Running Water -
Running water can represent draining of life or blood dripping creating a sense of danger. This can make the audience feel on edge as they can sense something is about to happen, breaking the audiences comfort and emphasising a sinister feel.
Knives are commonly used within the thriller genre as the hold connotations of danger,violence,pain and death. A typical representation of this would be in the famous knife scene from Hitchcock's film 'Psycho' , in this scene a knife is used to suggest an element of danger and violence. Knives are a common device to keep the audience engaged.
Shadows -
Shadows give off an 'on edge' feeling, the sense of anonymity creating suspense. Shadows are used in particular films to build up tension and create a mysterious feel to intrigue the audience. Often shadows are used to hide behind, for example a killer would use a shadow in his favour to mask his identity as well as create tension.
Confined Spaces -
Confined spaces are used to play on the audiences fears. It creates a sense of being confined, in others works trapped, therefore making the audience uncomfortable and uneasy when watching a film. In a sense the audience can relate to the feeling of being confined when watching characters on screen as this makes them feel a sense of sympathy or insecurity seeing someone else trapped.
Street Lamps -
Street lights are used within thriller films to act as a sort of spotlight for the protagonist/main character, the dark surroundings of the character can represent struggle or isolation. Further being alone in the dark can create fear within the audience as they do not know what may be hiding in the darkness therefore building a tense atmosphere.
Running Water -
Running water can represent draining of life or blood dripping creating a sense of danger. This can make the audience feel on edge as they can sense something is about to happen, breaking the audiences comfort and emphasising a sinister feel.
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
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