Choosing a genre

The first thing i had to look at when choosing to do a trailer was which genre to do. I choose to look at action, gangster, horror and romance.

Firstly i looked into action but i decided to not choose this as the genre to my film because all the action films i researched had guns, explosions and fast cars. The main locations were either in the fast cars in a chase or on top of buildings etc. Therefore because of the limited resources i have, and what i can do, iv chosen not to do an action film because i don't think it would be very effective compared to other action films.

Then i looked at gangster movies, but i also chose to go against doing a gangster film trailer. The characters could be easily replicated, as the norm character in gangster films are men in suits. However the main choice of weapon gangsters use are normally guns and a firing gun would be hard to imitate in my trailer. Also most gangster/bank robber films are shot in or around banks which would not be sensible.

Afterwards i looked into romance films. I decided everything in a romance trailer was doable with my resources. The main characters are usually a male and female who fall in love. No weapons or effects are needed, and the normal costumes and locations are what the majority of people where and go every day. However i thought that the whole genre of romance was too predictable and had been done lots of times before. Therefore i choose not to do a romance as i wanted to do a more original and exciting film trailer.

Therefore the one i was left with was horror. As with the romance, there was no guns, fast cars or explosions necessary. The typical location for a horror movie are usually big, scary houses or isolated woods and the normal weapon used are usually knives and axes etc. The stereotype characters tend to be a young female victim and a 'bad guy'. All these necessities which are usually in horror films are all doable with my resources, unlike the action and gangster films and it'll be more exciting then doing a romance.

However after choosing to make a horror trailer, i didn't want it to be typical and predictable. I wanted it to have more a twist and be original, rather then a young female getting chased by the murderer.