Titles and Colour
Common colours used in psychological thrillers consist on blue,purple, black, white, transparent and red. The blue and purple connotes mystery while the black and white connotes darkness and purity and if they are put together it could connotes the taking over of/ clash of good and evil, transparent connotes the supernatural and red connotes danger and gore. Another common feature on titles is an outer glow, this could suggest multiple personality's or the supernatural.
Editing
Transitions are commonly used in thriller trailers are black fades, white fades and cross dissolves, this is as the producers do not want to take the attention away from the context/narrative. Special effects are used occasionally to show action and excitement, when they are used they are sutle as a producer does not want the genre to be mistaken for a action adventure. special effects such as CGI will be used in paranormal psychological thrillers to make the film realistic.
Camerawork
High and low angle shots are commonly used to show, this is as they show who holds the power. The footage in trailers will be short face pace clips are they do not want to give the plot away and as this way they can put in the most exciting footage in to draw an audience in. Clips of narrative will also be switched, for example clips from the end will be placed at the begging, this is to help tell the story and so they the audience cannot follow the story and guess what happens.
Mise-en-scene
Low key lighting is a generic convention for psychological thrillers as it connotes the darkness in the film. The antagonist will generally where dark clothing as this makes them look smart and professional where as the protagonist will wear ordinary clothing to as they are usually ordinary people.
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