Sub Genres

Thrillers are already a category of films, or a genre of films. But Thrillers have such an immense variety of styles that it can be categorized even further. (i.e. Psychological Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Medical Thrillers, and the list goes on...)  In my opinion, the most interesting thriller sub genre would be psychological thrillers. There are great psychological thriller movies in the film industry. Three of them would be "The Machinist" a movie about a man who hasn't had any sleep for over a year and starts going insane,  "Black Swan", and "Copycat" a movie about a serial killer who copies past serial killers.







 All three of these psychological thriller poster share some things in common, though they are all within the same sub genre. All of the film posters include a person in the middle as the main focus. In terms of character, all three posters depict the main character (who turns out to be the bad one). All of whom suffer the psychological trauma. Not all the posters share the same theme. The don't even share the same main colors. "The Machinist" is brownish, "Black Swan" is white, and "Copycat" is black/blueish. It is worth pointing out that the characters all have the same kind of look. Looking both generally relaxed and having that evil sort of look in their faces. As if they were targeting someone or something. All posters are fairly simple and don't contain much factors of mise-en-scene. I believe this is because they want the audience to focus on the psychos and nothing else around them. The lighting in "The Machinist" and "Copycat" are quite similar, only the colors differ. Both of them have a dull and poor lighting, which symbolizes night, and evil. However the lighting from "Black Swan" is a lot more present and the colors are more peaceful, yet we still get a sort of an evil vibe from it, which is a very nice contrast made by the institution.