The Ultimate Genre Decision

 We’ve decided to defy conventions by making our film a horror-comedy. While it may be easier and safer to stick to one genre, it wouldn’t be true to the story we are trying to tell with our film. We found through our research that thriller wouldn’t suit our film as well as horror does. Thriller movies focus on tension, which can be easily broken with a misplaced joke. In addition, thrillers don't allow the freedom we want to lean into fear. We chose comedy because our pitch works perfectly with this lighthearted and jovial genre. We plan for the cast to tell jokes throughout the film to counter the fear from our horror elements. To diversify our camera angles, comedic inserts would provide a brief reprieve from the horror, the change of angles likely causing an increased impact in the jokes. Another point on the side of comedy, it is perfect for endings. We want audiences to associate our film with a happy memory, not a fearful one like most horror movies. Even more, comedy films prove more entertaining to make than most other films, namely thrillers. It could be healthier to film people laughing as opposed to being in constant fear. This fear leads to horror, our first genre. We expect low tensions and fear to build in audiences until the very end. Horror is an immensely fun genre to work with as it can be interpreted in several different ways (there are millions of fears out there, after all). Horror is uniquely suited to our film as well, with the main cast being lost in the woods and tormented. Our pitch may need minor tweaks for it to exactly fit both horror and comedy, but nothing else may need to change. This way we may remain true to our original idea while maintaining our chosen genres as well. To do our best in making this film, we plan to come back several times to review our research. With our genres decided, we may now begin to shape our film around them.