Mood Board

These images are all inspiration for our thriller. We want it to be a psychological thriller including plot twists such as in the film 'The Game' and contain elements of suspense such as in 'The Woman In Black'.

In Silence of the Lambs, there are close up camera shots on 'Hannibal Lecters' face (in mood board) that makes him seem creepy and chilling as it's an abnormal way to look at someone especially as it is directed with his eyes almost looking straight into/through the camera as if he's talking to people in the audience.
 

In the film 28 Weeks Later there is suspense throughout and has moments that are severely intense especially the opening chase scene. In this scene the audience questions whether the character Dom will outrun the infected which puts us on the edge of our seats. There is incidental music that builds up suspense and tension as he escapes the house and runs across the field to a boat and it cuts out as soon as he is free with only the sound of his dialogue which is a sign of relief. It is created again when the 3 characters; Andy, Tammy and Scarlet walk through the train station in the dark where we only see what's happening in the scene through a night vision camera. We know the characters can't see ahead of themselves, when they are down at the bottom of the stairs after having fallen, each character is separated and there is no light, only dialogue. This is all so intense because people in general fear the dark and what they can't see and as an audience we build up stress and anxiety as if we were in their situation because like the characters we can't see where they are.
 

 

In Cabin in the Woods there are many red herrings that play with our minds as we get scared thinking something will jump out when it doesn't; an example of this within the film is when all the main characters are in the basement of the cabin looking around. Also, in this film there is a key moment that interests me, which is the lake scene, (in the mood board) where the zombie slowly rises out of the water. The water is deep blue, we can't see what beneath it and that is scary, it interests me because we think the zombie is gone and its over but then when it appears we know its not which increases fear.
 

 

All of these images are inspiration as we can create ideas from them, obviously making them our own. They are create fear, anxiety, stress, tension and suspense and have nice plot twists and red herrings which keep us on the edge of our seat.