genre ideas

There was a few genres that we had brainstormed at the beginning. These were Romance, Thriller and Noir.

We didn't go ahead with romance as, when evaluating and brainstorming, we came to the conclusion that the typical conventions of Romance are standard, mostly medium shots, and we wanted a bit more variety. As these conventions may not have been very recognisable, it may have been difficult to emphasise this genre withing the opening sequence.

Thriller was another idea we had in mind, but when looking at this genre, we found that the majority is filmed when dark/low lighting, and we didn't have the resources to the props that would be needed. As the lighting had to be specific it would have made it very hard to re-film as continuity errors may have been in place due to the timing of the filming. When looking at the typical camera shots within the film, it may have been difficult to replicate them and for them to look professional.

After evaluating other genre ideas, we discovered that Noir would be the best to film, as it was easy to establish what type of film it was with the editing and camerawork. (Black and white, and close-ups). After researching previous noir openings, it was clear that a mixture of the other genre story lines could be put in place and still hold the typical conventions of a Film Noir, and seeing as we had looked at possible story lines for the previous idea's, it would have been easier to use past research rather then start over again. This worked to our advantage as we could start filming earlier, which means we would leave ourselves with plenty of time for editing and re-filming if we needed to.