8. Mood board - Images Associated with a Thriller

This is a mood board we created to show the images which are associated with a typical thriller movie.

• The image of a woman screaming represents the fear portrayed by characters in horror movies. We used a woman screaming as it is often the woman in a thriller being seen as weak and the 'damsel in distress'
• In terms of mise-en-scene the setting in thrillers often try to create the sense of isolation or loneliness. Therefore in the mood board we used an image of an abandoned house and a forest.
• Silhouetes and masks are common in thrillers because of the question that the audience will ask after seeing them, who is the person who's face we can't see?
• The props/iconography used in thrillers are important. To show their importance close ups are often used which is why we chose a close up image of a knife.

By Katherine Scott