Our Genre Decision Blog

Thriller

We contemplated selecting thriller as our film genre. Especially since Last project thriller was in our top two genre choices. This genre is known for being suspenseful, this keeps audiences on their toes. Thriller movies are typically set in secluded or eerie locations, though some take place in more common areas. These characteristics were considered as we planned our project and selected our filming location. However, we ultimately didn't finalize thriller as our genre. Thrillers often feature low lighting, which would be challenging to achieve with our available camera equipment and filming conditions.

Mystery Genre

The Mystery genre is filled with suspense. Our group would be interested in this because we feel like it would be fun to film. There are many interesting concepts that our group could portray with pursuing this genre. Mystery would include suspense and a lot of thinking in order to find out who committed the crime in the situation. We would build up the plot and then have the audience try to figure out who committed the crime while also throwing subtle hints as to what the answer is. Mystery is a very good option for what our pitch is and will go well. On the other hand, The Mystery genre can be a little time consuming and tedious to build the plot. We do feel as though we could pull of this genre and it would be fun and interesting to create a movie on.

Horror Genre

Elements of the Horror Genre that we find interesting are the fear factor and the goreiness. It's also neat that you can expect a frightening scene when you hear the sinister music. Elements of the Horror Genre that we don't like are that they make the characters unaware that they are in grave danger. For example when a character hears a strange noise, they feel the need to walk towards it. We also don't like how many horror films have a slow start, which bore us and makes it extremely hard to continue watching. For our movie, making a horror film would be difficult to do because while the producers of horror films like The Omen and The Shining have millions of dollars to work with, we don't. It would also be hard to use special effects makeup and include weapons without putting our safety at risk.

Decision: After researching and learning more about 3 different genres, we have chosen to make our movie follow a mystery genre. It is the most convenient because we have access to many resources that could be used as the perfect setting. We also intend on making our movie full of tension and allow viewers to be involved, which we can efficiently do when making a mystery.

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Movie Conventions Research: A Quiet Place

What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have? The main element of the thriller genre that A Quiet Place has it’s the non-diegetic and diegetic sound. It’s mainly used to show what the characters are heading, and to highlight how quiet the world is, because of how loud those small movements are that we don’t tend to notice. Such as walking or placing down something on a shelf. There’s also non-diegetic sound, which is used to build suspense when there’s climax’s of action. My group will use diegetic and non-diegetic sound to also have this element. What elements of the genre did the movie have that you like? In A Quiet Place the monsters that are hunting them are almost never directly shown. They’re shown in blurs and just in sound. You know there is danger, but you don’t know who or what’s behind it. It’s one of the elements my group enjoyed within this movie. It builds the suspense, because you draw your own conclusions and the u...

Storyboard Blog

Scene 1: Establishing shots of the new home Scene 2: Shot of the kitchen scenery Scene 3: Shot of the bedroom Scene 4: Lingering shot of the pool Scene 5: Car is shown and it goes off Scene 6: Girl wakes up, turns off the car, it goes off again, she turns it off again. Scene 7: Girl has headphones in and is making toast. Scene 8: Long shot of an unknown person watching the girl eat the toast from outside the window. Scene 9: Girl is on phone with her friend. Scene 10: The friend on the other side of the phone. Scene 11: Girl starts cleaning the house to get it ready for her friend. Scene 12: There’s a knock at the door and the door is shown. Scene 13: Girl welcomes her friend, they go get ready for the pool. Scene 14: They’re chatting at the pool and having fun. Scene 15: A knife is taken from the knife holder. Scene 16: The girls come inside and notice the missing knife. It’s quickly brushed off. Scene 17: The girls say bye and the door closes. Scene 18: The gir...

Shattered Bonds- Short Film Package

Website URL: https://carleightripp.wixsite.com/shatteredbondsthemov Postcard URL: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF9h_ZtDW0/QOwn16UnE4a4AZZubdnoFQ/view?utm_content=DAF9h_ZtDW0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor Short Film Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6T2SxUz89E Please Enjoy!! I am so beyond sad that everything is now complete and filming is over. It truly was such a blast to be able to film so much with my friends and make a pretty good short film. I will miss the process of filming this short film. There were many ups and downs but overall the experience in A level media has been a fun process and I am proud of how hardworking me and my group were making this short film.

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