We began our decision of the type of genre our final task would be in by looking at a list of the types of genres there are in film. After researching each genre, we then eliminated the genres that our film couldn’t be, or what we didn’t want it to be. The possible genres we decided on were drama, thriller, and horror. Once those possible genres were selected, we brainstormed and explored what the plot of our movie would be within those genres. We tried to visualize how our project would turn out, depending on the genre we picked, and how much we would like the idea of our plot within the specific genre. If our final task was within the drama genre, we thought that our movie could include love or the main character growing closer to a family member/friend. We quickly decided that we did not want our final task to take this turn and, instead, focused on the horror and thriller genres. Although we had already created blogs on both genres, we decided to delve deeper into what the genres were, and needed a refresher on what both were. Afterwards, similarly to the drama genre, we thought of what the plot of our final task would be within each genre, respectively. We quickly decided that the plot of our final task would be very similar within both genres. With this conclusion on the overall plot settled, we decided on whether our final task would include more gore, aligning with the horror genre, or mystery, aligning with the thriller genre. If we did decide on the horror genre, we realized that the movie would stray from our original intentions on what we wanted for our final task. Because of this, we decided on the thriller genre. This genre would be more attainable and more interesting to produce. We also thought that we would enjoy making our project more if it aligned with the conventions of the thriller genre. We had a clearer plan of how we would produce an opening sequence within the thriller genre as well, as opposed to the horror genre. Within the horror genre, we were not sure how to incorporate the frightening elements commonly seen, whereas with the thriller genre we had an idea of how to create suspense within the opening sequence. Overall, our enjoyment while making the project and the attainability of producing the final task played key factors within our decision. Since we are going to be working on this task for several months, we all decided that we did not want to create a project where we would not enjoy the process. With the thriller genre, we would not have to worry about this factor, aiding in our decision to create an opening sequence within this genre.
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