Genre Decision Blog

When coming up with our pitches, we had some ideas of what aspects of certain genres we wanted to include. Suspenseful music, cliff-hangers, puzzles/problem solving. Once our three pitches were created we knew that they were thrilling, horror, and mysterious. They could kind of drift between each of those genres. We chose our finalist, where a young toddler goes missing in a small town. A group of teenagers stumble across the hair bow she is wearing in her missing poster. This inspires them to help solve the case and bring the little one back home safely. After deciding on this, we were still unsure about which genre it would fall into. We thought about similar shows and films to our project. Stranger things, Outer Banks, and Riverdale were all shows that we had in mind when coming up with ideas. Still, these shows flowed between mystery and horror. We knew we had to research each genre more carefully and see which one had more elements that we wanted to take from it. We knew for fact we wanted the opening sequence to at least end with a very fast-paced, suspenseful sound that would make the audience’s stomachs drop. The protagonists of the film would be the group of teens and the antagonist would be the kidnapper. Finding the bow on the group would be foreshadowing. The audience will be given slight clues to help lead them to the answer. In a way, the audience feels like they are also slowly solving the puzzles. They are uncovering the plot themselves, by watching the main characters do it. We want the audience's heart racing, have them on the edge of their seat with suspense, and wanting to know what is going to happen. With all of this in mind, we knew mystery would be the best genre for our production. Although some elements of horror and thriller may be used, overall mystery is a better fit.



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