Genre Decision Blog

 For our opening scene, my partner and I have decided to make it based on the genre of thriller. As of right now, we are not 100% if we are going to do a thriller. This is because we have two other genres that are similar but different. Another genre that we had in mind to do is horror. The other genre we have is a crime. The reason we have crime as a genre we might do is because when discussing, we wanted to do an opening scene that involves a kidnapping approach. At first, we thought that this would be a thriller as most characters are often snatched or killed in thriller movies. However, after doing research we found that kidnaping would fall under the genre of crime. We also thought of doing horror because we had believed that horror was very calculating and suspenseful. On the contrary, after our research, it turns out that thriller is more suspenseful and calculating or rather psychological. Hence, we think that doing our opening scene in a thriller would be the right choice. Thriller is a genre of fiction in which you can be very creative. It is also very suspenseful, keeping your senses heightened as there are many cliffhangers. It can also be very planned out and leave you drawing any conclusions as to what's happening. It draws viewers in as they are waiting for that one thing or someone to appear that will help to understand it all. Thrillers also tug at your emotions and can make you feel excited, surprise, anticipate, scared, etc. If our opening scene is based on a thriller then viewers would want to know what’s happening or going to happen as we left them at a cliffhanger. They would be anticipating as they think of numerous ways the movie will play out. They would also be wondering what the antagonist looks like or what it is if not revealed, hence, making them more intrigued. After writing all this information we think that we are going to do a thriller as we have also just proved to ourselves that thriller would be the best genre for us.

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