Change in ideas

After discussion in our media lessons, myself and my group have decided to change our ideas completely. We do not feel comfortable filming a crime/gangster trailer, as we feel the conventions may be difficult to shoot - for example, the use of guns/drugs/violence may be difficult to film without looking too extreme, whilst we would have to focus upon bloody make-up and corrupt props without looking too dangerous. We also aim to make our trailer actually look realistic, which with the above may be difficult and we may look like we're making a joke out of our trailer.
On top of this, we are not impressed with our plot summary as shown in the previous blog. Although the plot will not have to be completely covered in the trailer, it may still be difficult to express the narrative. On top of this, certain areas of filming will be impossible for us at this time e.g. the party scene: would need a large luxurious house, numerous extras members, etc... making it too difficult

Therefore, after discussing this further, we feel changing our previous ideas would be the best option. Therefore, relating back to our 'genres' sheet, the two other favourites were of romantic-comedy and horror. We discussed the idea of completing a rom-com trailer, although we felt producing a clever plot that would fit into conventions and casting boys (for possible intimate scenes, which may also be awkward) has differed our ideas.
From this, we are left with horror. We discussed the ideas of producing a horror, and were positive about this. Although we have studied horror previously in GCSE and we both completed horror-themed films last year, we feel this would be the best option. Positively, we have a rough background of this area through previous research, on top of there being numerous plot ideas we could follow. We browsed through horror stories and trailers in our lesson, and numerous ideas from slasher films to horror loner individuals to ghosts and paranormal activities were brought up within our research.
Therefore, we all feel comfortable within this area, and have decided to produce a teaser trailer within the horror film genre.