Response to the Brief

We as a group of three have selected the brief of creating a motion picture based primarily around the action genre. After conscious consideration, we decided we also wanted to include various aspects from the horror genre. So I guess this could be considered a hybrid, as we’re basing our motion picture on not one, but two genres. 

 We didn’t want to follow the ‘typical media studies route’, we wanted to have something different to everyone else, which had a big influence on our decision to select the Action genre. We wanted to allow ourselves to expand on ideas in our heads, without thinking of something that’s impossible to do on a low budget, i.e. Sci-Fi, and this again influenced our decision to pick Action as a genre.  
The reason why we included the horror aspect was because it’s relatively easy to do and no advanced technology is required, for example, CGI. Selecting Horror also adds simplicity to our film planning because all the other groups producing a motion picture have selected the horror genre too. Which means that we can look at similar things relative, for example, we can all analyse one film opening together and pick out different aspects; as others may spot something the others haven’t seen. The main reason why we decided to select a hybrid of Action and Horror is because we don’t need a massive budget to produce something of a good quality. 

 I believe that production will be targeted towards audiences around the fifteen to late twenties mark. This is because if we are including horror aspects, then people of a younger age may be frightened of the film. This means we could adapt it so that it becomes appropriate for those of a younger age or we could not bother about them. 

 There are a few films that really grasp me that are in these two genres. One of them I would definitely like to consider including is: 
 Saw- this film created a brand new kind of horror, Torture Porn, which has inspired several additions to the Saw franchise and the Torture Porn genre in general. I believe that we can include aspects from the different films in our eventual film opening, like the lighting on and around the characters. Another thing that I like from Saw is that tension that it gives you, with a variety of different camera angles and non-diegetic sounds edited in.