Mood Board For Psycologial Thriller

Mood Board

The films I have included in my mood board are

• The Shining
• The Purge
• The Ring 
• The Last House On The Left
• Cabin In The Woods
• The Blair Witch Project
• Paranormal Activity
• Sinister
• Friday 13th
• Vacancy
• Child's Play
• The Woman In Black

Antagonist

 Here are some real life media examples of generic conventions of psychological thrillers. I have included an iconic image from the film the shining of the antagonist, who is a male, this is one generic convention. Furthermore the antagonist will usually have some disability where that is mental or physical or they will have a morphed/mutated face, this is as it is more frightening to see.The second convention I have is masks, this feature is seen in many psychological thrillers as it hides the antagonists identity. 

Setting

Another generic convention I have identified is the location. They are usually in a isolated location or an historic old building with some history, usually a haunted house. I think this is so that the protagonist cannot be heard

Characters

 Another generic convention is that children are usually seen in psychological thriller films. I believe this is as they are usually vulnerable and innocent and so it is more frightening seeing a child being portrayed as something evil. Similar to this is the use of dolls, again they are objects belonging to children and so they are seen as being nonthreatening, also they are objects that do not have any life in them. Furthermore most people have one of these in there house and so they could relate to the object as it could happen to them and will be frightened of this object. The last generic convention I have included on my mood board is of an female victim, they are seen as being vulnerable and they need to be protected.

 Mise-en-scene

Low key lighting and a foggy setting is also a generic convention of psychological thrillers this is as it makes the footage unclear to see and therefore unexpected things can come onto the screen. I have included a photo from the ring of the antagonist as the dark hair is another generic convention. 

Possession is a common feature also in psychological thrillers as it is an event that could happen and has not been proved whether it happens or not.

Camerawork

Where camera work is concerned I think that hand held camera are a generic convention as it connotes non stability and makes the audience film uneasy.