When we set out to make our film opening, we planned to do a horror genre. We did extensive research on the horror genre including looking at the opening of other horrors and anyalysing them, looking at the key conventions of a horror film to include some of these in our film opening and looking at the history and directors of the horror film genre.
However, looking back on our film opening and our storyline, we feel that our film fits into the thriller genre more than horror because there's a general feeling that horror films contain a monster and make the audience fear for their own safety, whereas thrillers are more about suspense and making the audience fear for the safety of the protagonists.
Although we did our research on the horror genre, elements which are found in both film genres such as suspenseful music, darkness, stereotypical 'bad' characters such as Nicky and his 'chav' outfit, flashing images, fast-paced editing, a contrast between calm and chaos were also included in our film opening. Just like one of the films that we researched and watched, Eden Lake, our film could fit into both the horror and thriller genre because of these elements.
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