Genre Research Update

The film genre me and my group have chosen is psychological thriller. The reasons why we chose to do psychological thrillers is because most of the scenes are filmed during the night what suits the season we are in now because it gets late earlier. Another reason why we chose then genre is because it is a more exciting genre and it will keep all the group interested and we wont get bored of it. Then another reason why is from where it create a lot of tension in the opening sequence and will keep more engaged, and it will also show the skill that we as a group have, with fast pace editing, the right lighting and the right actors.

The conventions that i have identified are that there is a battle of justice vs injustice, there is a price to be paid for the conclusion of the story, a growing sense of threat or danger, there is normally two main characters, the characters appear smartly dressed, it is essential in building up suspense, it is set in an Urban setting, there is dim lighting, it has point of view and close up shots and it is Fast pace editing. We will uses them in our opening scene with our characters dresses smartly in an urban place. But may adapt the shot types with establishing shots and midshots, and change the type of battle it is.

Key text genres influenced our initial idea by showing a the main character in a bad situation, this will make the audience wonder what happened and keep them on edge because they wont be sure what happens to the character at the end and do not no who the person is that has put the main character in that bad situation where it is either life or death.

We will use themes of mystery, death and drama with dark lighting to create tension and keep the audience on edge. Then by showing the last sequence of the narrative towards the beginning but only giving away who one of the characters are it keep the mystery and drama in the opening sequence. Also by showing that murder has also took place it shows how death might be consistent throughout the narrative.

My genre research have helped develop our treatment in a way that both of the victims should also work closely with killer and have gone against his word, therefore the killer has a valid reason for killing them. This will make the narrative make more sense from where the killer has a motive and tries to kill people who finds out about what he as done, considering the killer is supposed to be a good guy from where he works in the police force as a detective.