Film genres

Monday 27th September


In todays lesson, we discussed the range of genres we could pick for our film projects:

• Comedies- Parodies/spoofs- e.g. Superbad, Shaun of the dead, Austin Powers.
• Alternative/Indie- e.g. Juno, 500 days of Summer, Boys don't cry.
• Horror/thriller- e.g. Saw, House Of Wax, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
• Chick Flick - Clueless, Legally Blonde, Pretty Woman.
• British Films - Kidulthood, Adulthood, Fish Tank.
• Action - Taken, The Matrix, LOTR.
• Bromance - The Hangover, Wedding Crashers, I love you, Man.
• Hand-held (shaky cam) - Rec, Paranormal activity, Blair Witch Project.

I originally wanted to create an opening to a chick flick film, but me and my group have decided to pick British film as our genre. We have chosen this because it automatically makes our opening very versatile. It leaves a lot of space for our plot to develop.