film genre research conclusions table
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Film genre Limitations Select this genre for use in initial ideas?
Action and adventure - Software for editing to produce realistic explosions, for example
- Big casts for battles
No
Comedy - Comedy is subjective and therefore producing a good comedy without experience may lose us marks
No
Period drama - This relies heavily on mise en scene to set the time period, obtaining this may prove challenging
No
Sci Fi - Again, similar to action/adventure editing software needs to be sophisticated
No
Horror - Horror can be criticised if not ‘scary enough’
- Creating a ‘scary’ atmosphere
Yes
Fantasy - Finding suitable, ‘magical’ locations of which I can get to
- Casting young actors
Yes
Romance - Finding actors - Producing a storyline that’s
not been ‘done before’ - Making it appeal to female
market
No
Musical - Composing/producing music for trailer
- Finding a cast of singers/dancers/musicians
No
Family films - Being able to tailor the product to appeal to a wide target market, this will require detailed market research
Yes
Drama - Creating scenes that are dramatic without being ‘cheesy’
- Thinking of an engaging drama
Yes