Research

We have decided to do moving image for our coursework and we have begun our coursework by handing out questionnaires to the sixth form students of West Hatch. These are our the age group of our target audience.

We have based our questionnaires around the interest of genre, this will help us to choose the right genre for our moving image and a suitable media piece for our target audience.

Define genre ->

"Genre is a loose set of criteria for a category of composition; the term is often used to categorize. Genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries, they are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions."

Example of Genres and films:
horror- The silence of the Lambs
Romance- Romeo and Juliet
comedy- Hot Fuzz
War- Pearl Harbour
Sci-Fi- Star Wars
Rom-Com -Bridget Jones Diary
Fantasy- Narnia
Musical- Hairspray


Horror:
As a group we instinctively knew initially that we wanted to go with the horror genre, but to be sure we gave out questionnaires to consolidate our ideas. However we researched into the horror genre to find out more about it and make sure we had a sound understanding of the genre beforehand.

Definintion of Horror films->
."Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain."

Countdown of the top ten Horrors of all time:

According to---> http://www.best-horror-movies.com

10. Evil Dead (1981, Directed by Sam Raimi)

9. Friday the 13th (1980, Directed by Sean S. Cunningham)

8. Psycho (1960, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

7. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Directed by Wes Craven)

6. The Shining (1980, Directed by Stanley Kubrick)

5. Night of the living Dead (1968, Directed by Dean Lachiusa & George Romero)

4. Halloween (1978, Directed by John Carpenter)

3. Dawn of the Dead (1978, Written and Directed by George A. Romero)

2. Alien (1979, Directed by Ridley Scott)

1. The Exorcist (1973, Directed by William Friedkin)

This shows that these films must have had good trailers to persuade people to go and see these films. Therefore, we are going to look at some of these film trailers later on to see what a successful horror film trailer includes and write down the key codes and conventions.