This document discusses possible genres for a film opening including horror, romance, crime, western, thriller, comedy, action, and sci-fi. It notes difficulties with each genre such as needing to make audiences laugh for comedy, building fear for horror, and establishing a relationship quickly for romance. Crime may require inappropriate props while westerns and sci-fi need specific settings and props. Thrillers and action require suspense and violence. The document chooses horror as the genre because fear can be implied without violence through techniques like flashbacks and flashforwards.

1. Initial Ideas
By Bethany Bouchareb

2. Possible Genres
Horror
Romance
Crime
Western
Thriller
Comedy
Action
Sci-Fi

3. Difficulties with each
genre
Comedy
Necessary to make audience
laugh, which is difficult
Horror
Build a narrative which
builds an element of fear
Romance
The relationship has to
be evident right at the
beginning due to it only
being a film opening
Crime
May have to use inappropriate
props to portray this genre
Western
Difficult setting and props to
obtain to portray the genre
Thriller
Must contain elements that
make people jump therefore a
lot of suspense may be built in
a fast amount of time
Sci-Fi
Props are
expensive and a lot
of CGI is needed
Action
Action can contain
violence which is hard
to create in an amateur
format

4. Chosen Genre
I have chosen to do the genre of horror as the
element of fear can be built in an opening with the
use of flashbacks/ flash forwards, violence is not
needed and it can just be implied.
Possible narratives for Horror:
• Vampires
• Serial killers
• Killer dolls
• Serial killer children
• Cannibals