2. Knives- have used as Knives are a typical symbol associated with a
psychological thriller as they have connotations of blood, death,
pain and brutality. A typical representation of this would be in the
famous knife scene from Hitchcock's film 'Psycho'. Knives are often
used to show that somebody is going to get killed and thus it acts a
common device to keep the audience engaged within this genre.
Running water is often a symbol of death as it
suggests the draining of life or it is often
associated with blood dripping and suggests
that the characters are in danger.
3. Costumes in psychological thriller are normally quite
colloquial or formal as psychological thrillers convey
many surreal themes so therefore using normal clothing
creates the sense of realism for the characters. I have
decided to dress my character in normal every day
clothing to create a sense of reality for my protagonist
4. For my Psychological thriller film
opening some of the props I will be
using to represent my protagonist as a
compulsive and obsessed with
structure and order would be using
the consistent pattern of three with
my props to connote my characters
compulsive lifestyle
5. For my film opening I aim to represent
my main character as compulsive and
obsessed with structure and by doing
such I will be using several shots of a
alarm clock changing in time to highlight
my characters compulsive personality to
the audience.
6. I have decided to use Medicine or pills as they
can often be found as a clear indicator to a
character has a psychological illness to the
audience
The use of props such as wipe helps
identify my protagonist mental illness
and also can be another indicator to
the audience highlighting my
characters compulsive personality
