This mood board reflects the ideas and theme of my horror
trailer. This includes the involvement
of children to represent the young child used in my trailer and her vulnerability
within the narrative, which is common in some horror films. I have also
included other images from psychological horror films including Split, Psycho
and The Shining. This was to show the sub-genre of ‘The Perfect Family’. I have
also included dominant males as this was very important to highlight within our
trailer as the main antagonist we used was a male character following the
conventions of our psychological thrillers such as the man we see in ‘Split’. I
have also included iconography of locations, this includes an isolated barn
house and the dark wood area. These are both conventional towards the horror
genre. As the isolated house elicits an element of fear in the mind of the
audience as when the antagonist strikes the audience are aware they are in
isolation and no neighbours can help, the woods also add to the conventional
horror genre. Finally, this mood board I have created will also reflect the characters
which I have incorporated in our horror trailer, this includes a male psychological
antagonist, and protagonists including a vulnerable female and her young
daughter. The daughter can also be considered in relation to the final girl
theory by Laura Mulvey.
