Thursday, 14 November 2013

Choosing a genre to work with!

I shall be discussing why I choose the genre I did with Pro's and Con's weighed out and our class evaluation of other genres, this will show you how we came to decide on our genre for our media product.

The genre we choose was "Thriller" Why ? Well i'll show you.

Pro's of a Thriller film 
  • Doesn't require a multi million pound budget for special effects, costumes, settings etc 
  • The conventions of a thriller are so obvious that a student like myself could recreate them
  • Basic lighting techniques can be used to set the thriller atmosphere like low lights or different colored lights
  • Sound effects are simple and can be found online or even recreated (this is known as foley sounds)
  • The plot of a thriller is flexible as long as it has the peak of tension points
Con's of a Thriller film
Well there are not many definite thriller con's, only that if you have a complicated intense plot that needs a lot of atmospherics and effects this could impose a need for a lot more money and software to create your movie. BUT as we are not looking to create a whole movie with an intense plot and a lot of effects and atmospherics this is not a con for us to consider. 

Here is our class research into choosing a genre, as you will see Thriller is the best for us at AS Level right now;