Reasearch: Setting and Iconography

Reasearch on Setting and Icongraphy:

what are setting and iconography and why are they important convention how can it help with audience understanding:

Setting:
Setting is where the film is set they are usualy built on set or set in a specific location relivent to the film setting is important as it makes the audience feel in different ways and if the setting is in no way related the film the film will not put across the affect on the audience that is wanted.

Iconography:
Iconography a objects that give significance to the scene iconography is important because it shows the audience what is going to be important in the scene and what they can expect from it.

Stereotypical themes of thrillers:
Stereotypical setting for thrillers are dark forest, deserted/isolated houses and homes these are stereo typical because isolated/deserted houses and dark forests are places that everyone will find very scary and will keep the audience on edge and homes are seen as safe places and this affects the audience even more because they think and feel like the victim is safe when in acctual fact the victim is not.  

Stereotypical Iconography:
Stereotypical icongraphy in thriller are weapons, shadows, confiened spaces and street lamps these are all iconography that give ideas of what he audience can expect from the scene they are watching for a example shadows give the idea that the victim is being stalked or watched and could be sneek attacked by the antagonist.

How are setting dependent on sub-genre:
Settings are dependent on sub-genre as the sub-genre is the deeper setting for the film the sub-genre is what the setting will be based on so a psychological thriller will have a setting realated to the sub-genre for example a setting to go with this sub-genre will be a church.

How is iconography dependent on sub-genre:
Iconography are dependent on sub-genre because if there is iconography of a knife in a sci-fi sub-genre it will not make sence so iconogrpahy needs to relate to the sub-genre or it will make the film not make sence.

Setting is shown by using the female victims home that she will feel safe in and secure but in acctual fact she is in danger as she is tormentented by the antagonist the audience realise that her home is not safe at all this makes the audience feel on edge and affraid as they see a home as safe place to be and makes them feel afraid of what is about to happen.

A knife is shown at the begining of the scene and this then used by the antagonist to kill the female victim this is iconography of the knife and shows the audience that the knife is going to be important in the scene this makes the audience feel on edge because they have now seen the knife and curious of what it is going to be used for and who will use it.

Conclusion:
I am now thinking of using a isolated and desterted area in the film and using knife as the iconography in my thriller as both are very common in thrillers and are very affective to use on the audience to create fear and keep them on the edge of their seats.