This mood board is just a summary of films I have seen and enjoyed them. I made this mood board as I wanted to look at the colours used in the horror genre a bit more and look at what are conventional colours to be used in a poster or magazine. So it seems, black, red and white are the most common ones. Red connotating death, blood, violence, gore, anger and hate. This colour would be useful in my poster as I'm creating a paranormal based horror. Most antagonist subjects (ghosts, demons etc) in conventional paranormal films/trailer have come to seek revenge or cause havoc. Because their natural habitat might have been disturbed. The black and white colours are important because of Levi Strauss's narrative theory of binary oppositions. Black vs white, good vs evil etc. Black is the main conventional colour in horror though because most people psychologically fear the dark. It makes the protagonist feel fearful, confused, disorientated and in danger because they're not aware of what could potentially strike. Which is why dim lighting is used to create that effect.
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