Research: Setting and Iconography

Setting

It's where the film is taking place/set, it can be set on anywhere depending on the story. Setting usually takes place in location relevant to the film or set in a built place (Fake background, classroom, built room etc.).
The setting must be relevant to the film because if it isn't, then it will be confusing for the audience to understand the story setting,


Iconography

It's an object that gives a meaning to the scene, it's important because it shows the audience what objects will be important to the scene and what they can expect from it for example; During the opening of Scream you can see a knife in the victim's kitchen, in the end the antagonist used that knife to kill the victim.

Setting themes of thrillers:

Typical setting for thriller are:
- Dark forest
- Isolated houses
- Homes

All these setting are used in thrillers such as Scream, Paranormal activity, Evil dead tree etc. These settings are used because it's place where everyone will find it scary and upsetting - it keeps the audience on edge of their seats.

Iconography for thrillers

Typical iconography are objects such as weapons, dangerous objects/items, lamps etc. These iconography, all of these can give an idea of what the audience can expect in the film.
 
Here's a list of typical setting thrillers in sub-genres.

Action thriller:
- Streets
- City
- Buildings
- Warehouses

Psychological thrillers -
- Haunted and abandoned houses
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Forest
- Mental institutions

Science fiction thrillers 
- Space
- Forests
- Inside spaceship

Crime thrillers 
- House
- Abandoned buildings
- Streets
- Jail/Prisons

Here's a list of typical iconography used in thrillers:

Action thrillers
- Guns
- Knife
- Money
- Transportation such as motorbikes, cars etc,

Psychological thrillers
- Needles
- Medicines
- Lap equipment

Science fiction thrillers
- Spaceships
- Futuristic guns and equipment
- Robots
- Machines

Crime thrillers
- Guns
- Knife
- Money
- Drugs
- Forensic labs
- Blood