Monday, January 19, 2026

Research - Choosing a Genre

Chosen Genre: 

After researching Drama, Horror, and Thriller I have chosen thriller as the genre I will follow to create my film opening brief. My decision was a mix of personal preferences as I just thought it would be the most fun for me and my team to create compared to the others, I have already started thinking of storyboard ideas but I am still in the research stage so I will hold off on drafting full storyboards until I have researched what I need and I am fully prepared to move on.  

The other aspect that affected my decision was what it would take to make a satisfactory product for each genre; drama would require experienced actors who could accurately portray emotions as that is the keystone of that genre as well as an emotionally focused plot.  

Horror would require more preparation than Thriller even though they seem similar, they have their clear differences, and horror would require more "shock value" and further editing and costumes would have to be made to make the audience feel "goosebumps" and a sense of disgust and fright. 

  


Horror VS. Thriller: 

Thriller and Horror were the main contenders for the final genre, so I wanted to more thoroughly differentiate these genres as sometimes they can be confused about each other due to their similarities.  

Both genres heavily rely on making the audience feel uneasy and anxious with tension. Thriller uses action and as sense of dread and characters in the film will act out of adrenaline; horror uses fear and an overpowering or supernatural force that is menacing where characters act out of fear.  

Horror is meant to truly frighten and gross out audiences while thriller is meant to make the audience anxious and fear a character's failure making thriller more of a "rollercoaster" in the sense of inducing adrenaline with fast pace and a sense of rooting for the protagonist.


 

 

What to Research Next: 

Now that I have chosen thriller as the genre for my brief, I will begin to research sub genres of thriller to narrow down the conventions to create a plot and film for a high-quality film opening and research common acting and acting tropes along with ways to create suspense and the “blueprint” or a guideline for creating a thriller plot. 




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