Why horror ?

I was inspired to choose the horror genre for my movie opening as I have always loved a good scare. When watching horror movies, the amount of mystery and suspense presented in the movie makes my adrenaline rush. Getting a good scare has never hurt anyone before. By the viewer constantly waiting for a freighting scene to come on the suspense begins to build your heart beats faster and faster by the minute with your anticipation for the jump scare growing. The unrealism of the movie not only makes the tension rise within the movie as anything could possibly happen, therefore creating an alluring and captivating plot to the movie. Another reason that our group chose the horror genre is because of a common theme shared throughout the stories. The unknowingness of the movie hooks the viewer right in as they want to know what is going to happen next. Normally, horror films follow the traditional pattern of the “good guys” coming out on the top and victorious against the feat they were facing and the “bad guy” losing the battle it was fighting against the good. A couple of mishaps may happen throughout the way and some main characters may pass, but at the end they come out victorious.

I was first introduced to the horror genre via reading. During middle school we were introduced into the horror genre by reading excerpts and short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe, a well-known horror genre writer. His stories were so captivating in the fact that they were grotesque and had such an unexpected outcome that consumed the reader in. They were so different compared to the traditional short stories we had read in class that I was intrigued with them. As I continued to expand my knowledge on the horror genre as a whole, I was introduced to Stephen King author of the book “It”. The book became so popular that it later went and became a live action movie that was split into two parts.

The iconic opening scene of the movie “it” starts with Georgie going out on a rainy day playing with his paper boat. He follows it until it falls down a sewer. This is where he first encounters Pennywise the infamous clown. Here Pennywise bites Georgie’s arm off and pulls him into the sewer after having tricked him into thinking that he would hand him back his paper boat, which had fallen into the sewer. By the movie having a captivating opening the viewers are immersed into the movie right off the bat as they are left with questions spinning in their heads.

By having seen the introductory scene of the movie I would like my group to follow in the same footsteps in creating an introductory scene to a movie. By incorporating a dark setting, with eerie music being played in the background and using technical special effects we would be able to properly make an effective introduction that captivates the audience attentions leading them to continue watching the movie.