My chosen genre:

After copious amounts of research into both genres (horror and social realism), and after looking at the pros and cons of these genres, I have finally come to a conclusion. The genre that I am going to focus on is social realism!


I chose to focus on this genre for numerous reasons:

• Social realism films are often shot in mediocre, run-down areas; therefore, my opening sequence can be filmed and produced on a reasonably low budget.
• Social realism deals with issues that effect normal, average people day by day; therefore, I think that my story-line will be quite easy to piece together. Hopefully, this plot can relate to people's lives. 
• In my opinion, everything in horror has already been created, so if I did try to create a horror opening sequence, I fear that it would be extremely cliché.
• Overall, I found that I had more ideas for the social realism genre, rather than the horror genre.

As of yet, I haven't created my final story-line; however, I am very close. I know how I'd like to display my opening titles, but the plot is not completely decided. Next, I need to produce a questionnaire which consists of both open and closed questions about my chosen genre. Once I have collected my results, I hope to put together my final idea, as these results will inform me as to what viewers would like to see in a social realist film.

Below is the opening sequence to "Napoleon Dynamite", a 2004 comedy film. I really like how the opening titles are showcased to the audience, so I am going to base my idea on this; however, instead of using plates of 'fake food', my titles are going to be shown on objects that people use every single day - for example, ketchup on chips, spaghetti hoops on a plate, writing in a school note-pad, typed on a computer, etc. My ideas seem to be endless!