Thematic and Iconography

Thematic (inner form) - Themes, Morals, messages, charactersw, typical storylines.
Iconography (outer forms) - Location, Mise en scene, Colours, Marketing i.e posters


Sci-Fi


Thematic-

• Good Vs Bad
• Aliens
• Invasions
• Action
• Travel
• Languages
• Robots

Iconographic-

• Metalic colours
• Set in space
• Lots of CGI
• Props
• Weapons
• Future

Horror


Thematic-

• Revenge
• Haunting
• Demons
• Ghosts
• Gore
• Exorcisms
• Conflicts

Iconography-

• Woods
• House
• Guns
• Knives
• Blood
• Blue, Black, Red
• Axes

Rom-Com




Thematic-

• Unconventional love
• boy meets girls
• attractive protagonists
• make or break scene
• separations
• conflicting emotions

Iconography-

• school
• prom
• airport
• city
• beach
• flowers
• dresses
• pinks reds

My favourite genre is comedy.

Film Genres

here is a list of all the film genres I could think of:

• Horror
• Thriller
• Comedy
• Rom-com
• Romance
• Sci-if
• Fantasy
• Animation
• Western
• Musical
• Slapstick
• Documentary
• Action
• Crime
• Parody
• Historical
• Indie

Many of the film genres branch of into different genres of film as well. One example that I have put is Rom-Com.

Introduction

This is my A2 media blog. I will be using this to post my ideas and developments towards making my own short film.