Psychological thriller is the genre I feel fits my story the best. This genre combines thriller and psychological fiction highlighting the emotional state of the main character while including an in-depth dramatic plot. This separates it from the thriller genre by giving it its own twist.
Psychological thrillers follow certain themes like death, reality, and mental issues. When the story follows a theme of death, either a death has traumatized them and sent them on this path or they seek out death. The movie Law Abiding Citizen would be a good example of this as the death of his wife and daughter set him down a path to justice. When they follow a theme of reality it is to show the character struggling to grasp the world around them so in an attempt to escape they create their own world. An example of this would be Don't Worry Darling the main character Jack is unhappy with his life in the real world so he moves him and his wife into a fake world where everything is perfect. When the story follows mental issues it shows the struggles of the main character. Black Swan is a perfect example as she slowly slips into darkness throughout the movie.
Conventions of this genre include location, sounds, flashbacks, low light, and quick edits. All of these combined create a suspenseful atmosphere. Some directors that have mastered this are Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Hitchcock known as the master of suspense created the hit film Psycho which perfectly encompasses all a psychological thriller is made of. Scorsese highlights these conventions in his films like Shutter island. I plan to watch these movies and others to get an in-depth understanding about how to display these conventions properly and do the genre justice.
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