Horror

Drama

Thriller

Genre I Chose

  As a reminder, our pitch is a group of teenagers who hear a strange noise coming from under the house when they investigate suddenly they start to go missing one by one. We debated upon the three genres for a bit. We ended up deciding on horror. I think it fits the best. Also, it is the one I would like the best. The pace fit the best for the pitch. Horror is fast-paced. This will allow for a very cool action sequence. The action sequences are my favorite to edit. Another thing that I liked about the horror genre is the angles and movements. There is a lot of room for creativity. One of my favorite shots is the over the shoulder shot. It is optimized a lot in horror films. Due to the location we are filming, the common lighting being dim is perfect.  I think this is a great fit for this pitch. There is a lot of wiggle room which, I like. Some of my favorite movies are in the horror genre. I look forward to making this project with my group.

Genres I Would Like to Research

 In our previous blog, we decided on our pitch. The pitch we decided on is a group of teenagers hears a strange noise coming from under the house when they investigate suddenly they start to go missing one by one. There are three genres this pitch could go under; horror, drama, and thriller. For horror, we can focus more on scaring the audience. This would go well with this pitch because it would allow for cool camera angles and action shots. It is also a faster pace. I like to make faster-paced movies. Another option is drama. This would shift focus more on the relationship between characters. This would be something new for me and an interesting take on the pitch. It would also be a slower pace film in comparison to horror and thriller. Our final option is a thriller. Thriller is a great option because it gives viewers feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, and anticipation. The pitch should naturally give these feelings. Pace wise, it is in between the two previous genres. It is not as fast-paced as horror nor, as slow as drama.  It would also allow for a faster pace movie which I prefer making. The next three blogs will be a breakdown of each of the genres. This research will allow us to make a better decision on what genre will be best. I think they are all good options.

The Big Pitch

 The pitch we decided on was in the horror/suspense genre. We were interested in 4 genres; crime, horror, suspense, and mystery. Then we started to brainstorm ideas for each of the categories. We then selected our top three ideas. Our first idea was a guy planning a heist due to a financial fallout. The night before the heist he dreams about it going wrong and decides not to do it. Our second idea was a group of teenagers hears a strange noise coming from under the house when they investigate suddenly they start to go missing one by one. Our third pitch was about a serial killer planning their next kill told form the. murderer's perspective. We decided that the third pitch was not our style for a short film. We narrowed down the decisions by eliminating what we did last year which was a crime. This left us with our second pitch. Which was in the horror suspense genre. A group of teenagers hears a strange noise coming from under the house when they investigate suddenly they start to go missing one by one. I think this topic will be very fun to film and edit. There is a large number of scenes and effects we can do.

Group Blog

For my first project in A level media, we have to film a five minute short film. For partners, I chose Eva and Trent. I chose Eva because of her excellent editing skills. I chose trent because of his excellent acting skills. I have worked with Eva multiple times so I know what kind of quality content we can produce. Although I haven't worked with Trent, I have seen some of the films and videos he has acted and produced. We are also well acquainted outside of AICE media. Eva is not only a skillful editor, she is also great at cinematography and acting. I am unfamiliar with trent's skills outside of acting but knowing him, I am sure those skills are vast. I have seen trent's acting and I can truly say, it is something special. 

Overall, our group seems pretty solid. What we lack in numbers, we certainly make up for in skill.