Genre Iconography Moodboard

Above is my Genre Iconography Mood board for a thriller film. You will be able to see the variety of images i have placed for what i think sums up a thriller film. Above there are scenes, characters, settings, and colours, typical scenes and props, that i think are in a thriller film. In the bottom right-and corner you will be able to see the image if a lady in a straight jacket, i used this image to create the theme of a physcological thriller, next to this image is a photograph of police using force against rioters, i used this image to show that in every thriller film, the law in someway is always connected, above these images is the Houses of Parliament and the Department of Justice in America badge, these both link into the law side of thriller films but also can go into the character box as in some political thrillers you will find, government officials, usually committing the crime themselves, or they will feature in one way or another. In the bottom left-hand corner, you will see Liam Neeson raising his gun from a still from the film Taken, Neeson is a prime actor for this mood board as he is in some of the best thrillers out there and plays his part excellently. Above these photos, at the top, is a photo of Hitler, i used this photo to resemble the dictatorship featured in many political thriller films, next to Hitler is a lady from the thriller, Shutter Island, she resembles the physcological thriller films. Further along the mood board is letter from John. F. Kennedy which is clearly blacked out hiding top secret information, i used this image to resemble the mystery and suspense that a thriller film creates.Thriller films are usually set in big cities this is to introduce to us that these films are in an 'Adult World', also costume plays a big part in any genre of film, but with a thriller if the directors doesn't hit the nail on the head, it could be fatal, directors need to distinguish between horror and thriller, so really there shouldn't be any clown suits or 'SCREAM' masks, instead we should expect to see business suits, police uniforms, general clothes but nothing with an obvious label. Overall i feel i have used relevent images to produce a thriller genre inspired moodboard.

Below is another mood board of four thriller film title sequence slates featuring slates from, SE7EN, Panic Room, The girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Insomnia. I chose these four as they give a wide variety to the type of thriller, whether its physcological, political or crime. Below these slates are some very good thriller films that also from the wide variety of the type of thriller film.