Iconography

Iconography is the visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these:

• Lighting
• The screaming Victim
• Characters
• Symbols of Death
• Props
• Binary Oppositions
• Colours

When looking at this we can see that this is going to be used in films because it shows the genre and interpretation of the different genres based around symbols and works of art. So these are going to be using this because it then enables them to connote the film to different connotations where used. This would then be giving more ideas of this towards the audience and creating thoughts about what the film genre is about and why are they used. It can also be used to help with the understanding of why colours have been used and what they are showing towards what they are showing, with the sense of certain props and items and character that are being used. The reason why they use these in films is because it create effect for the arts that they use towards the audience making it more understanding for them and creating the effect of why they are using certain things demonstrating the genre of their films.

When using iconography in supernatural horrors they are used when using props like for example when looking at the film of the woman in Black when the candle prop is being light in the dark room and nothing is happening and mystery is happening we are then able to know that something bad is going to happen through this and this is being shown through iconography.

When looking at this we can see that iconography is used as effective because it is enabling us as the audience to be able to make interpretations through symbols and work of these related to the films. This makes it much more out of the box when using these as this is because instead of always using trailer and films and quotes using symbols it creates that effect and people as the audience are then able to make interpretations of what will happen. By doing this it is creating the effect because of how it is more perspective for the audience using different measures to show these different things shown in the different aspects of iconography with the use of colour and how it can connote the aspects of the film so for example we can interpret that when seeing Gorey horrors we know that the colours of red and black would be more expected .

Below is an analysis of a poster in Sub genre using Iconography: