MAIN Post 2: Choosing your genre

I have researched the top ten grossing box box office films of 2011 and this has gave me a idea of what people like to go and see and what genre was the most popular in 2011. This will help me choose my genre as the box office results suggest more people would want to see a fantasy or comedy instead of going to watch a romance film. At number one was Harry Potter and the deathly hallows with Transformers at number two and The Twilight saga at number three. The other most viewed films of 2011 included The Hangover II, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast Five, Cars 2, Thor, Rise of the planets Apes and Captain America.

I have also researched films that have been a great hit in the UK, I searched online and found many surveys trying to figure out which genre was the most viewed in the UK and i found some very useful information about the UK film industry and what the UK market like. Here are some of the most viewed films from the UK, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, My week with Marilyn, The Kings Speech, An education. These are various types of genres but I have noticed that the genre of Horror does not appear as often as adventure or fantasy as this type of genre is not a great hit in the UK.

This research was very helpful as I now know what genre people like to go and see at the cinema, this will help me choose my genre as I'm not going to choose a genre with less views then another genre. The most popular genres are fantasy, teen horror, adventure and comedy. This helps me a lot as now I know what type of genre people like the most.

Our secondary research was interesting but we decided that we didn't want to create a fantasy film as this would be to difficult with the software and cameras we are using. Our next research was to be the questionnaire and I would be issuing this to my peers, the results will be interesting.

Our school  and group have a very limited budget so it is hard to choose a genre such as action or adventure as props are used that cost a lot of money, the spaces we have are also limited.

Secondary Research- InternetI found choosing a genre very hard as there are so many different genres, further more i need to find out which type of film is most profitable. Furthermore i want to find out what type of films do not do so well.

As you can see some of the worlds most icconic films are infact thrillers, or have elements of thriller threw out them. however apart from the Dark Knight (2008) and Inception(2010) not many films have been thrillers therefore leaving a big gap in the market.