Genre Decision Blog


 Hey guys, so for this blog I'll be telling you about my decision process for the genre to my opening sequence. I decided to go with thriller for this project. While other genres did appeal to me like drama and action, I realized that thrillers are meant to draw out the audiences feelings and have them on the edge of their seats. My pitch is to show a teenage kid dealing with sightings of paranormal activity and to do that the best I believe that by using the thriller genre I can execute this pitch. Instead of focusing on creating tension between characters like a drama or having an intense fight scene or chasing scene like an action movie, the thriller can be slow in the beginning but have enough mystery to hook my audience. I also want to work within my constraints on filming and editing. Shooting an action opening sequence would create something that may take too long to edit or it may be above my skill level in editing. Shooting a thriller I can take my time and focus more on the storytelling which is the most important part for a thriller. The idea of this project is to create an opening sequence that can hook my audience in its two minute duration. By choosing thriller I have more flexibility when having to write the story. Thrillers can fluctuate between many subgenres and although that isn't my goal, thrillers have aspects of every kind of genre which allows me to explore more options. Overall thrillers allow for more flexibility that other genres don't offer. Knowing myself I do believe that many ideas will come while filming and that I'll have to sway between scenes and for that reason choosing the thriller genre is my best choice. Like I mentioned earlier the thriller genre is meant to draw in my audience and that's the purpose of this project. My goal for this opening sequence is to show a world where the supernatural exists, but where it is accepted. Overall, thriller films can attract my audience the best and want them wanting more. For these reasons I chose the thriller genre for my opening sequence. 

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