Films such as "V for Vendetta" or "Shutter Island" both have strong Psychological conventions, whilst maintaining an aura of both separate genres listed above, so I will analyse those two films further into my research stage.
Psychological films are encoded by directors to make you as an audience, want to view it more than once, as when you do, you find yourself noticing things which previously you have missed. This demands a lot of attention to detail of the producer's part, and a strong and well written script.
Another trait of Psychological films is a protagonist who is often shrouded in mystery or who has quite a high status role such as a detective or a doctor. Conforming to the conventions of Psychological Horror means that the protagonist should survive despite the situation being extremely dire. Whereas the Thriller sub-genre usually depicts the protagonists journey towards a goal or improvement for the greater good; this does occasionally result in the death of the protagonist, although he/she does (most of the time) survive the ordeal.
Psychological films use camera trickery and special effects to achieve their preferred readings, such as using two shots occasionally to identify a pair midst the plot, which will later come to fruition. This is used to also ensure the multiple watch convention - as by using clever camera shots, prop placements and so on, a director can achieve huge messages being carried by a single item.
This is my basic knowledge and research into the genre thus far, this will no doubt be changed as I learn more about the genre and it's conventions.
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