Key Terms

Denotation: Direct meaning or set of meanings of a word

Connotation: Associated or secondary meaning of a word adding to its primary meaning

Representation: The description or the way someone/something is portrayed in a particular way.

Genre: The main theme of a movie

Stereotypes: A preconceived idea of the characteristic which is expected of a person for instance if there was a teenager is the streets wearing a hoodie they would be Stereotyped as a bad person.

Sub- Genre: A sub category of a movie.

Composition: The way the visual elements are arranged within the frame this is done for clarity or a balance/aesthetic effect.

Focus: This is how clear an image is. If it's a soft focus, it can be blurry this is usually used for romantic scenes.

Depth Of Field: The range of objects in focus that have a particular importance for film.

 Pan: Originally panorama- meaning view. This is a horizontal movement left or right by the camera on a fixed axis. It gives a more extensive view of the location.

Sub-genre: psychological thriller

Film title	Codes and conventions (psychological thriller)	Summary of how psychological thrillers have developed over time	How psychological thriller will develop in the future
The Lodger	·        -  Mysterious character ·         - Female victim ·         - Suspense ·         - Suspicious activity	Psychological thrillers started with a quite predictable story line with a strange person. There is also suspicious activity happening throughout.  These movies all began in black and white as well as being silent films, and quite simple not too many special effects. However in 1970 we started to see psychological develop the film started to show in colour. The story lines also started to develop into something which was less predictable. In the 1980s the started to tamper with the story lines and in the 90s they started to break the female victim stereotypes. Since then the visual effects have improved	In the future I believe that psychological thrillers will start to use animals and more paranormal activity. I believe they may also bring the idea of robots and aliens. I also believe in the future they may go back in some sense as they may start filming in black and white to add to the psychological effect. They may start using more advanced gadgets to add to the mind games segment of psychological thrillers.
The Most Dangerous Game	·         - Explosion ·         - Strange places ·         - Fights ·         - Mystery
Rebecca	·         -  Mysterious ·         - Suspense ·          - romance ·         - Shy woman
The Sinister Urge	·         -  Helpless woman ·         - Psychopath ·         - Isolation
Sleuth	·         - Strange activity ·         - Isolation ·         - psychopath ·         - Mind games
Brimstone And Treacle	·         - Strange activity ·         - Isolation ·         - Screaming
The Silence Of The Lambs	·         - Psycho ·         - Death ·         - Mystery
The Machinist	·         - Insomnia ·         - Psychopathic killer ·         - Storms ·         - secrets
Black Swan	·         pressure ·         scars ·         mystery

Story Board one

This is the first opening scene of the story. In this scene we see someone walking toqards a grave yard. This is a long shot during a scene like this it would be appropriate to have no music and just the sounds of the footsteps. The transition to the next scene would be fading in.

This scene is where the protagonist Marcus Smith has come to the grave yard to remember his wife Sara Smith who died 10 years ago. During this scene we will hear the depressing music which will be extremley subtle and emphasise how he feels about her wife. This is also a longshot and it will be a cut away transition into the next scene.

In this scene we see the protagonist Marcus Smith upet, broken about his wife's death. After 10 years remembering his wife is hard without breaking a part. This scene will have no background music at all to emphasise how broken he is. This is a close up shot and it will be a cutaway shot into the next scene.

This scene consists of the protagonist Marcus Smith remember the antagonist Arthur Banks. Arthut killed Marcus's wife 10 years ago. The antagonist is a wealthy man, always wore a suit. This will be a long shot of various pictures which remind Marcus of Arthur. There will be tense music at this point and will fade into the next scene.

This scene is about Marcus smith having a flash back of the night that his wife Sara died. This is a long shot and will also have tense music. This will fade into the next scene.

This is also a long shot of Marcus smith remembering the day of his wife's dearh. This is a long shot and there is sad subtle music playing in the background maybe a few minor chords on piano. It would fade into the next scene.

This scene is Marcus Smith thinking back to Sara's death. This thought breaks Marcus a part, he can't hold in his emotions. At this point we would hear sounds of the wind to emphasise how much this gets to him. This is a close up and would have a cut away transition.

In this scene we see the anger has got to Marcus and he is trying to track down Arthur. He believes that his sister justice and tries to track down the antagonist. This is a close up shot of the phone aand we will be hearing tense music and will be a cut away transition.

As the protagonist was trying to track down Arthur he eventually found his exact location, the protagonisr follows him around town to see his daily timetable.This would be a long shot, tense/dramatic music and a cut away transition.

This scene shows that Marcus has been following Arthur around for weeks. This would be a close up shot. this would contain tense music and a dissolving transition.

This scene shows the protagonist Marcus following Arthur the antagonist. This scene shows them heading into the park alone at night. we will hear the owl hooting and it will be a long shot and a cut away transition.

In this scene we see Marcus sneaks behind Arthur's back and then Marcus puts a gun to Arthur's head. There would be dramatic music, medium shot and a dissolving transition.