Genre Change!

 So, after thinking more on my own about what I wanted to do or film specifically for my film, I have decided to change the genre I wanted. I realized that the sort of film im looking for doesn't really fit into the post-apocalyptic genre type, and I believe the horror or slasher genre would be much better for what I'm aiming for. I also think that it would be somewhat difficult to create the specific effect of a post apocalyptic world that Im looking for, so I think in the end horror would be better for me and also I am more familiar with this genre than other genres.

I will be researching two more film openings that have to do with the horror genre and ones that will be similar to what I want to create.

The first film I will go over is Halloween, known by many people as one of the most iconic horror movies made in 1978.

The majority of this film opening is a POV of the killer as a child, wandering his house outside, stalking his sister with her boyfriend. He slowly approached the room, grabbing a knife and mask along the way to gain a form of anonymity. The child then stabs and kills his sister. This is overall a dark movie openning and throughout the entire opening there is an eerie music in the background that contributes to the scary theme of the film.

The second film I will go over is Scream, another very well known slasher film known for their opening scene.

This movie starts out with a girl alone at home who recieves a phone call from a stranger, and it starts to escalate very quickly when the person on the phone is watching her. Many sudden loud noises are made to create more suspense. This movie opening is very suspensful overall and the kill scene at the end is very dark with what the killer did at the end. Now I will not be doing anything gory like that in my film, but I feel that the suspense that was made in these two film opening examples is something that Im looking for to make in my opening.