As witnessed above, the horror genre produced a large amount of movies compared to the other two genres; however rom-com proved to gross an overall more even though their releases were the smallest amount. Thrillers appear to be the overall least appealing to audiences, due to their small amount of gross compared to the other two, making our group be more sceptical about the production a thriller, rather than one of the others, even though it produced an extra movie in regards to its place alongside rom-com's. We decided we would gather our own research and make up plots for four movies, of varying genres, before deciding which genre we would focus on and complete an opening for, at the moment we don't want to produce a horror as much as the others due to the amount of interest with the other students meaning more frequent clashes would occur within the plot etc, yet rom-com has a higher standard to live up to due to its interest from its demographic. Thriller looks the most appealing to us right now, even though we are not sure due to its lack of gross and lack of movies when compared to the gross of the others, and the amount of movies horror produced.
Thriller: a broad genre of literature, film and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as main elements. (Wikipedia: Thriller (genre))
Thrillers have a tendency to keep you on the edge of your seat by giving cliffhangers, twists in the plot line, they are uncertain, surprising and thought provoke the audience into the outcomes from the adrenaline it evokes due to its fast pace.
Thrillers usually contain a protagonist and an antagonist, however the protagonist is usually unaware of the antagonists true colours and true ideas. The protagonist is usually set a task: a mystery to solve, an escape, a mission. This task is followed as the protagonist tries to overcome and solve what is at hand and the tension builds throughout the narrative of the plot making fight scenes and chase scenes anticipated by the audience. The tension builds and a stressful climax for the protagonist is needed, thus these scenes are vital within a thriller genre.
Thriller genres, such as many others, have their own sub-genre section. Some of the thriller genres are mystery thrillers, crime thrillers, spy thrillers such as James Bond, psychological thrillers etc. These have their own methods to convey the differences between the diverse range of sub-genres to make the sub-genre easier to define.
There are elements within a thriller genre which define it into this genre specifically, similar to that of a sub-genre. Within a thriller genre, near-death experiences are welcomed with open arms as it keeps the audience alert if/when the protagonist faces a life or death situation, even though the audience already knows the protagonist will survive to continue the movie. Secondly, the antagonist has to be more vindictive and seemingly smarter than the protagonist to ensure the protagonist is always on the chase after the antagonist. Within a thriller, all the actors need to portray the characters very naturalistic to emphasize the naturalism of the narrative as it is not meant to be comedic but rather serious. Themes within thriller movies question desires of power, the desire for justice and morality of the protagonist and antagonist - the protagonist usually is morally correct whereas the antagonist usually is immoral and unjust. To counterbalance these characters, you also need another hint of innocence within the plot, albeit it being a child or a religious figure, etc.
Rom-com: a rom-com is a light-hearted romantic movie where the protagonist always finds true love at the end with the antagonist, yet has to succumb to this through laughs from the audience along-the-way.
Romantic comedies have a tendency to have young love interests who are meant for one another but yet are kept apart either by their own accord or by circumstances made by another such as family indifference's such as in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The screen-play usually leaves hints and small reminders of the attraction between the two characters if they do not quite early on get involved with one another because they need to let the audience be aware that the attraction is there even if they are not yet fully happy with their relationship status without their other half.
Romantic comedies do not tend to have many sub-genres within them, the story-line just fluctuates: the protagonist and antagonist may not become partners, they may become partners with a less major character; the two may be physically separated through death or even the breaking up of the relationship; however, with this genre the narrative needs to fall one way or the other.
Rom-com's have recently developed a new genre which appeals not only to the female demographic anymore, but also the male. These rom-com's are combined with comedies which appeal to males such as ''stoner comedies'' such as Knocked Up being an example. Although these style of movies were once frowned upon, it is now becoming bigger as it appeals to a wider audience, causing more Box Office Gross from the more viewings.
Horror: movies within this genre play upon the audiences fears to create tension and fright. This genre of movie is meant to keep the audience in utmost terror yet ensuring they are unable to take their eyes from the screen.
Horror movies usually include a villain of some time and multiple victims, whether this be through supernatural creatures or an ordinary person whom commits the crimes, either way there is an awful lot of death, gore and violence. Horrors need to play to the audiences phobias and have changed drastically as the audiences have developed into having new fears.
Starting once with gothic genre films such as Dracula and Frankenstein, the genres have developed rapidly. Horror movies have the most amount of sub-genres compared to the other two genres in question starting with 'body horror' where bodies are destroyed and decayed through either somebody making them malformed or something happens to turn their skin against them, such as Cabin Fever. Comedy horror, Gothic horror which include older movies such as Dracula, Natural horror where natural beings are the horror such as in Jaws. Psychological horror relies upon supernatural beings such as Gothika. Science-fiction horrors such as Alien, slashers such as Halloween, Zombie horrors and Splatter horrors which include movies along the lines of Saw.
Thriller: a broad genre of literature, film and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as main elements. (Wikipedia: Thriller (genre))
Thrillers have a tendency to keep you on the edge of your seat by giving cliffhangers, twists in the plot line, they are uncertain, surprising and thought provoke the audience into the outcomes from the adrenaline it evokes due to its fast pace.
Thrillers usually contain a protagonist and an antagonist, however the protagonist is usually unaware of the antagonists true colours and true ideas. The protagonist is usually set a task: a mystery to solve, an escape, a mission. This task is followed as the protagonist tries to overcome and solve what is at hand and the tension builds throughout the narrative of the plot making fight scenes and chase scenes anticipated by the audience. The tension builds and a stressful climax for the protagonist is needed, thus these scenes are vital within a thriller genre.
Thriller genres, such as many others, have their own sub-genre section. Some of the thriller genres are mystery thrillers, crime thrillers, spy thrillers such as James Bond, psychological thrillers etc. These have their own methods to convey the differences between the diverse range of sub-genres to make the sub-genre easier to define.
There are elements within a thriller genre which define it into this genre specifically, similar to that of a sub-genre. Within a thriller genre, near-death experiences are welcomed with open arms as it keeps the audience alert if/when the protagonist faces a life or death situation, even though the audience already knows the protagonist will survive to continue the movie. Secondly, the antagonist has to be more vindictive and seemingly smarter than the protagonist to ensure the protagonist is always on the chase after the antagonist. Within a thriller, all the actors need to portray the characters very naturalistic to emphasize the naturalism of the narrative as it is not meant to be comedic but rather serious. Themes within thriller movies question desires of power, the desire for justice and morality of the protagonist and antagonist - the protagonist usually is morally correct whereas the antagonist usually is immoral and unjust. To counterbalance these characters, you also need another hint of innocence within the plot, albeit it being a child or a religious figure, etc.
Rom-com: a rom-com is a light-hearted romantic movie where the protagonist always finds true love at the end with the antagonist, yet has to succumb to this through laughs from the audience along-the-way.
Romantic comedies have a tendency to have young love interests who are meant for one another but yet are kept apart either by their own accord or by circumstances made by another such as family indifference's such as in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The screen-play usually leaves hints and small reminders of the attraction between the two characters if they do not quite early on get involved with one another because they need to let the audience be aware that the attraction is there even if they are not yet fully happy with their relationship status without their other half.
Romantic comedies do not tend to have many sub-genres within them, the story-line just fluctuates: the protagonist and antagonist may not become partners, they may become partners with a less major character; the two may be physically separated through death or even the breaking up of the relationship; however, with this genre the narrative needs to fall one way or the other.
Rom-com's have recently developed a new genre which appeals not only to the female demographic anymore, but also the male. These rom-com's are combined with comedies which appeal to males such as ''stoner comedies'' such as Knocked Up being an example. Although these style of movies were once frowned upon, it is now becoming bigger as it appeals to a wider audience, causing more Box Office Gross from the more viewings.
Horror: movies within this genre play upon the audiences fears to create tension and fright. This genre of movie is meant to keep the audience in utmost terror yet ensuring they are unable to take their eyes from the screen.
Horror movies usually include a villain of some time and multiple victims, whether this be through supernatural creatures or an ordinary person whom commits the crimes, either way there is an awful lot of death, gore and violence. Horrors need to play to the audiences phobias and have changed drastically as the audiences have developed into having new fears.
Starting once with gothic genre films such as Dracula and Frankenstein, the genres have developed rapidly. Horror movies have the most amount of sub-genres compared to the other two genres in question starting with 'body horror' where bodies are destroyed and decayed through either somebody making them malformed or something happens to turn their skin against them, such as Cabin Fever. Comedy horror, Gothic horror which include older movies such as Dracula, Natural horror where natural beings are the horror such as in Jaws. Psychological horror relies upon supernatural beings such as Gothika. Science-fiction horrors such as Alien, slashers such as Halloween, Zombie horrors and Splatter horrors which include movies along the lines of Saw.
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