Plot and Characters

  The next step of this filming process is the build up of our plot. The plot, of course, is what makes the movie, well, a movie. The protagonist in a drama film is usually introduced in the beginning right away. As predictable as it is, this character is going to go through a few bumps in the road to get to the resolution. The conflict of a movie is the most important aspect overall. The conflict is what drives the character to take action which is the reason audiences become so involved. Once there's that personal connection with the main character, you want to see how this person evolves and see their decison making to solve their own problems. The viewers are meant to focus on the characters behavior and perspective of the film, so they're usually introduced in the beginning. I think making an opening scene dedicated to the main character will make our audience want to continue watching this character's journey throughout the rest of the film.

   In the romantic drama 500 Days of Summer, it begins with a narrator describing both of the main characters that the story will surround. It gives the audience an idea of what the characters personalities will be like and how these 2 individuals will take on in the film.

 

    Horror movie plots are rather different from others. The beginning scenes either establish the setting and main characters, or don't at all. Remember the example of the movie Scream that I had wrote about in my previous post? If you haven't already seen it, it starts off with a character in a house that you don't see for the rest of the film. This lady instantly gets murdered by the antagonist of the movie. The woman who was murdered is obviously not important in the film but rather introduces the conflict of the story. These kinds of scenes are created to get the viewer to want to keep watching the movie and get an idea of what's going to happen further on. The opening scenes are also meant to introduce the movie's "villain" that you witness later on. In the movie Jaws, a random couple, that are not the main characters in the film, are at a beach. The woman goes into the water as a suspenseful scene of a mysterious creature proceeds to take her under water and kill her. This segment creates a mysterious tone for the rest of the movie. The audience is meant to be curious and question what had happened to the woman and what had her killed. The directors of movies with this kind of beginning purposefully conduct this to really grab the viewers attention. 

  

 Horror movies have very diverse ways of trying to engage the audience. I'm willing to challenge this genre with our original ideas for the project (that is, if we decide to go the horror route). There's no easy way to come up with a unique plot for a scary movie knowing that there are already so many common and unoriginal horror films out in the world. 

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