Mood board time!

When it comes to putting something psychological or supernatural on the screen, it can be easy to fall into a trap of clichés. I do believe that when something is being brought to life from a book, there is sometimes extra pressure and demand to make the adaptation not only believable but also to allow it commensurate with the book. I want my title sequence to be chilling, I do not want to watch it in 3 months time and feel like it is a complete cliche. 

As somebody who has always been into watching lots of psychological and scary things I already have a lot of specific examples I can take influence from. I have thrown together this mood board because some of these examples are from moment which have stuck with me ever since I first watched them. The images above are all from specific films, not title sequences however they are all relevant to me in this instance because some of them for different reasons, quite frankly scared the pants off me. 

These are just a few of the examples I could have provided, but it is clear from a first glance that all of these snippets have something in common, they are all very dark and quite chilling. Thats why I have chosen to provide these examples. The surroundings such as the long empty corridor in "The Grudge" or the sheer size and pressuring nature of Eel Marsh House in "The Woman in Black" all add to the unnerving  emotions these films give off, just as much as the characters themselves. "The Others", "The Woman in Black", "Insidious 2" and "Poltergeist" are all supernatural films which have their main environmental focus point on a house. This is something which I know I will be aiming for myself so I will want to look in more detail how these adaptations have intertwined the characters and the supernatural forces together, and how they have created these environments in a way that will make the audience feel vulnerable but at the same time eager to watch. The same goes for the adaptation of the more feared characters in the films.