Decision:

In the next media lesson, we discussed further on the three genre choices we narrowed our decisions down to: rom-com, horror or crime and gangster

Although all three options seemed ideal, we have decided upon producing a teaser trailer for the crime and gangster genre. This is due to having produced horror videos before, which may seem ideal as we have currently prepared for this genre, but we feel it will not be a challenge and may become tedious due to doing this before. In relation to rom-com, we like the idea and feel it is simple, entertaining conventions, although we may find it difficult to combine two genres together, as well as having to cast males for possible intimate scenes (which may be awkward for non-actors) as well as the plot becoming difficult due to the focus on comedy elements. Both of these genres would be interesting to complete, although at this time they are not at our main interest.

From this, we narrowed our decision down to the Crime and Gangster genre. After discussion, we realised that this would be amusing and enjoyable to produce, as well as be a challenge due to having no experience in this area. We feel we could make this unique, as it is doubtful other groups will particular with a genre of this choice, therefore giving us an advantage.

From this, we will have to come up with a unique plot due to them usually being stereotypical, but we feel we can overcome this by acting in the trailer ourselves, therefore overcoming the convention of all-male casts. On top of this, there may be safety issues (e.g. guns, blood, knives, violence, etc...) but after further discussion, we will avoid acting violence outdoors (as this may attract the wrong attention and scare the public) on to of using fake props (such as toy guns and fake blood)

Therefore, we feel this is an ideal genre to choose from. We can overcome the negatives thrown upon this genre, as well as have a choice of numerous possible plots; go against conventions with a female cast, as well as the costumes being stereotypical and therefore easy to access.