What Genre To Choose...

    Where do I begin? I've been stressing out all week over what genre to choose for this film. Our group went through all the genres and we just couldn't choose. I've seen many movies of various genres that have meant a lot to me in the past, so this is a tough decision. We thought of proceeding with the crime genre, but we thought it would've been difficult to show that kind of "ruthless" aspect. We thought about comedy. What were we thinking? We're not funny enough for that. Then came along horror and drama. The brainstorming process begins.

   Drama movies are made for all different age groups and are usually quality entertainment, even the cheesy ones. Movies within this genre usually explores the life of a certain individual. In this case, the character is conducted to reach out to have some sort of personal connection with the audience. There's always an issue that is trying to be solved throughout these films. For example, one of my favorite movies is Little Miss Sunshine. In this film, the main character is a little girl who is trying to fulfil her dreams with the help from her family. You are basically so engaged in this film that you feel that you are on this journey with them. This kind of film is meant for the viewers to feel every emotion and experience that this family has to go through. Drama movies have so many ways of expressing real life feelings of human beings and portray it in such a small amount of time.

   Horror movies, on the other hand, can be rather silly or absolutely terrifying. I've always been a fan of this genre despite the handful of awful movies I've seen throughout my movie watching experiences. I some what enjoy the adrenaline rush that horror movies bring to me. A scary movie could have ghosts, monsters, zombies, the devil, etc. A quality scary movie depends on an original idea that is like no other. They also usually have beginnings that can instantly take the audiences attention. Horror movie beginnings are quite unique because of the extent of trying to get the audience to understand the plot and immediately create some suspense. In the movie Scream, the character in the beginning gets murdered after a pretty suspenseful opening. This engages the audience to make them want to continue watching the film.
 

Hopefully our indecisive group will finally decide on what to do this film opening on. I have a feeling that drama is going to be the path we take, but only time will tell. 

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