Deciding on a Genre

Throughout my years in media production, I have had the opportunity to work with many genres that interested me at the time. In TV class freshman year, I made a comedy trailer with my group, and, even though it turned out awful, I learned a thing or two about how to make an audience laugh. This would directly contrast the feel of my film introduction last year, that followed the final human on Earth. I was feeling edgy at the time, and a dystopia was the perfect way to release this energy.

The list of genres I have worked with goes on- horror, thriller, action, sci-fi... but many of these projects felt shallow. As a creator, I ignored the depth of character to focus on the genre, but an extra laugh or intense sequence is not worth losing the real, relatable aspects of film that people crave to see.

This time around, I will let my goal with this project (and my time limit) better define my choices. Since I want to focus on deeper, dramatic characters and their development (and I've only got a good 5-7 minutes to do this), I'm going to give a drama a shot.