After much thought these past two days about the upcoming portfolio project, I've decided to start thinking about more genres that could be storyboarded, in addition to the psychological horror idea my team and I seem to be set on. Thus, I'll talk about the two main components of the psychological horror subgenre: thriller and mystery. Although they are grouped into the same group of genres, thriller, and mystery are two very different descriptors.
On one hand, when a media text, specifically a movie or show, is labeled as a thriller, it's meant to get some kind of rise out of you; to have you at the very edge of your seat just waiting for the next thing to happen. You get a sense of anticipation, uneasiness, and a desire to know more. Thrillers usually tend to use more cliffhangers than other genres, to keep that high of desire going. Many films by Alfred Hitchcock paved the way for many of today's thriller movies, being credited as the "beginning of the thriller genre."
On the other hand, although being very similar to thriller, the mystery genre still has many things that set it apart. Many films that have to do with figuring something out, like murder mysteries, are labeled as mysteries (of course). Mystery goes way back to the nineteenth century, being an outcome of the English Renaissance, where dozens of literary works came one right after the other. One of the most memorable mysteries from this time is Sherlock Holmes, a series of stories about a detective investigating crime through law and order.
Overall, thriller and mystery pair together exceptionally well, creating the perfect mix called the subgenre of psychological horror! All the feelings these two specific genres make an audience feel really mess with your perception, giving them the reputation they have.
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