When looking at films that relate to our opening sequence, the horror film 'Cabin In The Woods' fits the crisis setting of our thriller, within the woods. This suggests that our thriller includes a sub genre of horror, having an isolated location. This is also seen, in the costume change of the young girl. Blood, is a typical element within the horror genre, and this is seen on the young girls white dress suggesting gore within the narrative. Conventions also fit that the predominant section of the film is very dark and gloomy, which reflects the mood of the film.This also adds and creates both tension and anxiety amongst the audience. The mise en scene of every horror film is almost the same, always including a significant amount of low key lighting, and a lot more towards the end of the film, where the tension is at its highest.This is shown firstly when the antagonist is introduced, replicating his dark personality and thoughts, followed by the crisis scene situated in the woods, which was captured as dusk was setting.
Thriller conventions have also been challenged by the horror convention of possession. This is shown in our opening sequence though the antagonists possession of the protagonists mind. Not only this but, horrors include a 'normal' location such as a house although, this would be abandoned due to the phenomenon. This could challenge our thriller genre due to the young girl being the only figure present within the house fitting to that of horror conventions.
Other sub genres challenge my thriller including that of psychological genre. This sub genre is seen throughout our opening scene as the main element, with the antagonist controlling the protagonist. The young girl is not controlled physically but instead mentally. The psychological element also applies when considering the depth of our storyline. Having the parents of the young girl diseased, this effects her mentally within the mind. This could also interlink to the mind set and inner soul of the antagonist, being distressed and twisted, challenging thriller conventions by adding areas of the horror and psychological genres.
