Genre Research: DRAMA

 I've decided my genre for my final task will be drama. The subgenre will be teen drama. After choosing a pitch, I researched which genre would be the best for it. As a reminder, my pitch is, "A teenage girl's bestfriend dies a tragic death that she blames herself for; now, she has to try to find a way to live with herself while knowing what really happened to her friend." After thinking about how I'd go about the final task, I knew that I wanted to do something in the thriller or drama genres. If I were to do thriller, I think I wouldn't have reached the requirements of the task. The first idea in my head was initially not thought out as well as my final pitch. My first pitch being, "A teenager is home alone while their parents are on vacation and although they think this is a good opportunity to do whatever they want, there is someone who has other plans for them." For this pitch, I was thinking about my plan to execute it and I subconsciously thought of doing a full movie in 2 minutes. Instead of a opening sequence of a movie. So, I had to go back to the drawing board. I knew that my second option would have something to do with teen life. So, after researching where my pitch would sit on the genre wheel, I knew it would be under drama. While watching a few movie clips and look over movies that I've watched before, I knew my opening sequence would be under the teen drama genre. For my final task I want whoever I watch it to feel emotion and suspense. I want them to think: "What happened to her bestfriend?" and "How will she cope with her guilt?" I want them to lean into it and be left wondering what could've been. So, I think this genre would be the best fit.


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