Research:Mis es Scene- Iconography and Setting

Iconography:

Iconography is objects that have significance to the scene.
In other words, the objects can make up a scene. In addition, Iconography is a crucial aspect for a genre of a film. At times, in a film it could just be iconography that makes the audience assume what genre it is. Iconography can also represent the theme of a film. For instance, pumpkins represents hallowen, hearts represents valentines day.

Iconography in Thrillers:

In thrillers especially the Iconography is: Knives, guns, phones, mainly. This is another element that makes it conventional to a thriller. Iconography In thrillers influences the audience to give a scared reaction. The reason is because Iconography collabarates with the action and dialogue that takes place. For example a gun is an object that would be used to kill someone, meaning that it has significance in the film.

Connotations of Iconography in Thrillers:

There are connotations of Iconography that would give a certain message to the target audience. For example, knives would give the audience the message that murder is likely to take place in the thriller film, this would obviously make them scared.

Conventional Items of Iconography in thrillers:

Knives are a conventional item in a thriller because murder is always a theme within the thriller. Phones are also a conventional item in thriller for usually in thrillers a situation would arise that originated from a phone call.

In addition, Iconography can also influence the audience to realise the personality of a character. The video I have selected shows the example of the point I just made.

The video is a film scene from the movie the shining which starred Jack Nicholson. Iconography is used significantly in this scene. The character Jack Torrance is chasing his wife and son with an axe and smiling. The audience will give a disliking reaction to him for they can see that he is a dimented and evil man, partly due to the axe he has in his hand to attempt to murder them both.


Setting:  

Setting is where the action takes place in a film. The type of location can make the audience give assumptions.

Setting in thrillers: 

 In Thrillers, the setting are usually: dark, haunted, intimidating and petrifiying to the audience. Settings are made to be very conventional toward it's genre. Settings in thrillers can be what the audience expects, for example a dark looking hotel or a alley way. However, there are settings that would not match the expectations of the audience, what I mean is a film scene that contains  tragic action that takes place on a beach for instance. Jaws is a perfect example for a setting that the audience does not expect the action to take place. I selected a scene from the movie to higlight the unexpected action that takes place in the scene.

Settings can convey a theme of a film, making the believable for the audience. In thrillers, settings would play an important element in the fate of a character. In addition, the setting always collabarates with the action and dialouge in every film. It is impossible to make or produce films without a location. Settings are used to make a film realistic. Most Importantly, setting are used to blend in with the action that is taking place.

Connotations of Settings in Thrillers:
Some Settings in thrillers connotes that murder is going to take place. This message is directed at the target audience. For example a dark haunting looking house would connote that something terrible would occur to the audience.

 

 
At times in thrillers, action can take place at a setting where the audience doesn't expect any action to happen at all, this creates more of a chilled response from the audience.

I will take into consideration the significant use of Iconography, for the connotation it represents in the action. As for setting, I probably make it as convetional to a thriller as possible.