We discussed the different genres that we could use in our short film. Because our film has to be about 5 minutes, we need a film genre that will allow us to create a simple plot that we can easily fit into that small time frame. The genre would also have to be quite simple for us to create as amateur film makers.
These are the genres we discussed: (those with an * are the ones we are considering) Science Fiction-The effects required for a science-fiction film may be too difficult to recreate as amateur film makers. Period Dramas- It would be quite difficult to make the sets and costumes accurate for the time in which the film is set. *Crime- Could potentially be very interesting. Westerns- It could be difficult to film in England, and still make the set look appropriately like Southern America. *Adventure- Could be interesting and we could make a simple plot that fits this genre. *Romance- Very easy to make into a short film, but we don't want to risk making it too cliche. Horror- Could be a good genre, but it may be hard to come up with a good plot that doesn't require too many special effect. We are left considering whether to do Crime or Adventure films. We like the idea of Adventure, although we also like Crime, because it has a lot of easily recongnisable codes and conventions (such as crime scenes, police tape, police men.) We have decided to have adventure films as our film genre. We aren't sure what our plot is going to be, but we may include elements of crime within our plot as well. Some examples of adventure films include-Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Avengers, Jurassic Park, The Hunger Games and Pirates of the Caribbean. (some action films combine crime, and these include Daredevil, The A Team and Beverly Hills Cop) We are each going to watch a film from this genre, so that we can explore the codes and conventions typically associated with Action films. Alice is going to watch The Hunger Games, Caitlin is Going to Watch Sherlock Holmes and Rosanna is going to watch Jurassic Park. We looked at some examples of short adventure films that we could watch to help us get an idea of what we wanted to include in our short film. We watched a film called Bob's Adventure. We particularly liked this film, because it was incredibly simple, but was still effective and told a story, and that is ultimately what we wanted to do in our short film.
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