As I stated in a previous blog post (Thoughts, Ideas and Feelings), I have been switching and changing between two different genres, Horror/Thriller and Documentary.
Firstly the reason for a documentary being an option of my genre for my two minutes opening, is mainly because I have always had an interest in them. Since starting media I have been able to develop on that initial interest and develop my knowledge about what works for a documentary and what doesn't. I personally think a documentary is a great way to get a powerful emotion across to the audience and a way where a big impact can be made with little money spent (always a bonus for us poor A level students), therefore if i was doing a documentary I would explore the "looking at the life of people" documentary, rather than a factual documentary (example = enviromental documentary, 'Frozen Plant'). I was lucky enough to have the experience of being in a professional documentary ('five minutes of fame' blog post), which really gave a insight into the creation of a documentary (also how long each shot can take - I've never had to say "hi I'm Alice" so many times!). The fact it was based on a impacting topic, helped show me how effective these kind of documentaries are and how I could create a documentary to inflict the same response to the audience as the professionals wanted from this documentary.
The second option is producing a horror/thriller film. Before I started media studies, I very much thought I would never be interested in creating this genre type, due to the fact it wasn't the typical film genre that attracted me (I'm a bit of a scardy cat) however since starting media I have seen how much impact a thriller film can make, how it can get the audience questioning their own minds, therefore i really like the ones that have a hidden twist, one which you try to guess what is going to happen but that never plans out. I have seen a lot more thriller/horror films since starting this course (I even based my first essay one a horror 'From hell' i didn't think i would ever willingly put myself through a horror film before a level media). This has helped me understand what works and what doesn't, what i could do for mine and what would be to expensive to create (or at least look good when created). When we watch the opening of 'Se7en', this was what really got my mind buzzing for ideas of an opening, and made me relate back to books that I had read and therefore develop my own idea of a horror/thriller opening
Potential Idea One
Genre = Documentary
The idea = Recently I have been very lucky to become an auntie, and it really got me thinking about family and how much support we rely on from our families. I personally have had a rather tough previous year, and without my family I could not get to where I am today. This therefore made me think about people who are not so lucky to have a family of which to rely upon, to Cheer you up, to be there for those special moments in your life. So my first potential idea was to make a documentary, the different generations of a family, the different moments for a family that are memorable, the support families give during the hard times, but also too look at the care system and those who do not get the support, do not get the memorable moments, do not get the excitement of a new addition to a family.
Potential Idea Two
Genre = Thriller
The idea = To create a thriller-horror film, my idea was inspired by a novel that I have read called "looking for JJ" that was about a child killing her friend, I have decided that I would start of shots of different newspaper cuttings and articles stating about a murder of a small girl, this would be foreshadowing the event that the film is going to explore. I will then do clips of photos up on a wall, snapshots of the little girl who was in the newspaper article. There will then be an extreme shot of the murderer, putting a pair of little girls shoes in a box. I want these elements to add tension and suspense, a sense of mystery and horror.
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