With every horror movie comes a specific subgenre or category it falls into. This fact came to mind when devising a storyline for my opening as with each genre comes different a whole bunch of different obstacles in relation to things like props, editing, and costume design. Taking a look at some of the more interesting ones on this diagram, I've decided to make my opening a psychological horror.
Psychological Horror
One of the things that I like about the most about this subgenre is that is messes with the audience's head way more than an actual villain could. For example, in the cult classic, "The Shining," Kubrick really delves deep onto how isolation can drive someone crazy, with Jack and his family being left in a massive hotel for months. The movie also subconciously messes with the viewer's perception, with some set design being realistically impossible and suspensful long takes of hallways, not knowing what might be in around the corner. This aspect of psychological horrors, with trying to make the viewer as uncomfortable and scared as possible without the use of jumpscares is very appealing combined with the idea of making the premise stick with them after viewing. The Shining also makes you doubt whether or not what we are seeing through Jack's eyes is real or not, like in the bar scene where he's seemingly talking to a ghost. This could be something I implement into my opening as insparation, and relating this to my two minute opening again, there would be most likely less use of props and moreso actor / dialogue driven, which could be hard to execute. This subgenre I chose however will hopefully be a very fun experience with many fun challenges to get by.
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“The Shining Bar Scene.” YouTube, YouTube, 1 July 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmY4k85_XEE.
“Psychological Horror.” TV Tropes, https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychologicalHorror.
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