Choosing a Genre
Before looking at influences, we wanted to decide on a genre that interested us. This is so we could focus our ideas and analyse trailers that corresponded to our chosen genre. Due to lack of older cast members, we decided to narrow our genres down to either a coming of age or a teen apocalypse. This was because we are teenagers so cast would be easy to find and we could also relate to the genre itself.
Moreover, we wanted to vary the areas we had already experienced as we had already worked in both a comedy and a thriller at AS Level. therefore, we decided to change our genre.
Coming of age film:
At first, we were keen on making a coming of age film as we could relate to this genre. After watching films/reading books such as 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky, we thought that a teenage film would be a good idea. We researched ideas and books such as 'The Summer I turned Pretty' by Jenny Han to gain insight into narratives, characters and themes. However, when we researched further to find narrative ideas, we found that this genre focused on locations such as America and the hot weather/beach. this then made us question our genre as finding locations and a USP became difficult.
To help us decide we sat down and dew out a few designs for film posters. We began with a coming of age poster and then tried to sketch out ideas for teen apocalypse. By doing this, we began to sway towards the teen apocalypse idea.
Teenage Apocalypse:
After watching films such as 'The Road' and 'The Hunger Games' we decided to explore the action/apocalyptic genre. Whether the film is based during the apocalypse such as '2012' or after like 'I am Legend', we found this area to be interesting. We decided to look at narratives from literary works such as 'Lord of The Flies' and decided that the themes of rivalry, loss and betrayal were good starting points for narratives. We also liked the social criticisms, for the book. and how the island is a microcosm for the world. Finally, we decided that a teen apocalypse trailer would be good as we can use dark locations near winter and use teenagers as cast.
Overall, since we wanted Eden Pictures to be a Hollywood institute, we felt that a teen apocalypse film would be a good way forward as it can be dramatic and involve social criticisms. We also thought a USP would be easier to find as a teen apocalypse had not been covered as much as the cliched teen movie.
After deciding this, we decided to analyse trailers for this genre to get ideas for our own trailer.
To help us decide we sat down and dew out a few designs for film posters. We began with a coming of age poster and then tried to sketch out ideas for teen apocalypse. By doing this, we began to sway towards the teen apocalypse idea.
Teenage Apocalypse:
After watching films such as 'The Road' and 'The Hunger Games' we decided to explore the action/apocalyptic genre. Whether the film is based during the apocalypse such as '2012' or after like 'I am Legend', we found this area to be interesting. We decided to look at narratives from literary works such as 'Lord of The Flies' and decided that the themes of rivalry, loss and betrayal were good starting points for narratives. We also liked the social criticisms, for the book. and how the island is a microcosm for the world. Finally, we decided that a teen apocalypse trailer would be good as we can use dark locations near winter and use teenagers as cast.
Overall, since we wanted Eden Pictures to be a Hollywood institute, we felt that a teen apocalypse film would be a good way forward as it can be dramatic and involve social criticisms. We also thought a USP would be easier to find as a teen apocalypse had not been covered as much as the cliched teen movie.
After deciding this, we decided to analyse trailers for this genre to get ideas for our own trailer.
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