Narrative Ideas For A Film

1. In terms of characters we should mainly focus on a man and a woman, in their mid 20s. As the psychological films we watched focused on two characters of the opposite sex, who were normally a new married couple. One character (usually the male) doesn't believe in the strange events that happen, he just seems to use shrug off most bizarre events. Whereas the woman worries a lot and tries to find a source to the events (Paranormal Activity 2). There is normally a child or baby included too as a victim quite commonly like in 'Insidious' or 'Paranormal Activity'.

2. Most openings were the characters moving into a new environment where they are not fully familiar with their surroundings. Therefore they are more vulnerable, such as in Paranormal Activity they have just settled in a new house and straight away strange things begin to happen. Where as in the orphanage, an image of an old fashioned children playing in the garden, images of twisted scarecrows in the garden give the impression that its not as happy as it seems. Classical music is playing in the background, as it slowly build momentum and tension in the audience.

3. Costumes in psychological films tend to be pretty basic and casual. In 'Insidious' and 'Paranormal Activity' the family are just trying to live a normal life so naturally they wear normal clothes. This is a common technique in psychological films because it makes the viewer believe that everything is normal until strange events unfold and you instantly realise that something paranormal is happening. So clothing is basic, casual to make the audience realise who are the victims.

4. The lighting and setting in the films we watched was dark most of the time too create fear. The threat most commonly happens at night therefore there isn't a lot of lighting. The setting is quite commonly inside a house or in 'The Orphanage' obviously it is in an orphanage.