Genre Research: Mystery

 The movie we will be making an opening sequence for is about an unknown killer that poses a constant threat to the characters. The obvious genre of the movie is horror. This is because of the killing. Another genre of the movie is mystery. This is since the killer is unknown and could be anywhere or anyone. However, the opening of horror movies does not usually convey the genre's feelings. Those feelings being anxiety and fear. Instead, the openings usually convey the feeling of sub genres such as drama or mystery. We want the feeling of the opening to be ambiguous and foreboding, but not obvious. If it was drama, the theme would not be discrete enough. However, if the opening was under the mystery genre, the theme could be disguised while still conveying the foreboding mood we want. It would also leave a lot of options available. For example, in drama movies, the mis en scene is usually darker. This is because it is more serious. However, in mystery films, the mis en scene does not need to be dark. Instead, it could be normal clothing or vibrant clothing. It also leaves more lighting options available. Lighting in other genres such as horror or drama is mostly dark. this is for the same reason as the mis en scene: to keep the tone serious. But, in mystery, it does not matter if the lighting is dark. On the contrary, it is probably better that the lighting is brighter because it give the audience a false since of security.


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