My Genre Choices

     For my genres, I have chosen thriller and horror. I chose these two as I feel I am the best equipped with props and an area along with a clear idea of what I want it to be. I have been wanting to do a horror type of opening since I feel they are the most iconic and memorable making it stand out from the rest.

What makes Horror, Horror?

(Halloween 1978)

The opening kill of Halloween is a fantastic example of a opening. We can see Micheal Myers as a child kill his sister and gives context on how Micheal Myers was and will be throughout the rest of the film. The point of the opening is to establish his character as a violent relentless killer since a young age.

The main point of horror is to bring out fear into the audience through different methods wether it be phycological or body horror for instance. Horror does an amazing job at building atmosphere and suspense making it one of the hardest genres to pull off but when done successfully you can have an amazing and memorable film just like Halloween.

What makes Thrillers entertaining?

(A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984)

The opening of A Nightmare on Elm Street shows or main antagonist the dream demon himself, Freddy Krueger building his very iconic weapon. Of course the audience does not know its Freddy Krueger or what he is capable of instilling fear in the audience as they wonder "Who is building this? And why? Establishing it as one of the most iconic opening scenes of all time.

The point of a thriller and why A Nightmare on Elm Street does this so well is keeping the audience filled with uncertainty and tension. Thriller and horror go hand in hand as tension is an amazing way to keep the audience scared and accomplishes horror's objective. That being said, scaring the audience is easier said then done making thriller hard to pull off.