YELLO... its good to be back.
 So this blog post is supposed to be about me having this enlightening moment where my research lead me to finding my one true genre. I don't want to confuse you, its going to be about that, however, I have already limited it down to two and they are going to be very closely intertwined. The list I began with included:
-  Action
-Adventure
-Crime
-Drama
-Epics/Historical
-Horror
-Musicals/Dance
-ACTION- this was a viable option however, due to its genre characteristics such as stunts, chases, fights, battles, and races. This is just not a tangible genre for me. HOW WOULD I FILM A CAR CHASE? HOW?
-ADVENTURE- I like adventure movies however they are usually closely intertwined with Action as there genre characteristics also include physical action. Furthermore, it usually has courageous heroes who save others from danger (women). Although, I could challenge this by making a women the hero. The action portion of this is just unrealistic.
-CRIME- This one is one of the ones I have narrowed it down to.  Crime  can be done is various different ways which is what i like about it, it can revolve around the action of a criminal mastermind or  revolve around the criminal himself, chronicling his story. Some Crime films will have a storyline that follows the criminal's victim, yet others follow the police or the person in pursuit of the criminal. I want to possibly do it in the perspective of the criminals victim.
-DRAMA- This is the genre I had previously researched and I really liked. I found that there was a lot of space to really to do whatever I wanted because they are  stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict.
-EPICS/HISTORICAL-   this one should have been eliminated from the begging to be honest. In my research I found that you have to stay authentic to the time period through the use of costume design and setting. This not only would be very expensive but very time consuming.
-HORROR-   honestly I personally don't like horror movies so I would not enjoy producing the film. This is in addition to having to use special affects or create some type of suspense, I feel like it would not be properly executed with the lack of technology accessible to me.
- MUSICAL/DANCE- This genre calls for choreographed dancing and composed songs. I feel like i would not be able to execute this genre because i don't have the skills to choreograph a dance or compose a song thus this genre would be eliminated.

    IN CONCLUSION ... THE FINAL BATTLE IS BETWEEN :

    CRIME and DRAMA

but I really liked them both soon i decided to combine them.
 
             CRIME/DRAMAS

Crime drama is one of the most enduring, popular genres, not just on TV but also novels, films and theatre. Its engaging narrative offers a space for debates about policing, criminality, gender, race and social and cultural values.
The following are key elements of the genre all of which can be seen as contributing to audience pleasures of watching crime dramas:
-Resolution to a mystery
-Question of morality
-Debates about innocent and guilt
 Key elements of Crime dramas
-Verisimilitude- audience can recognize the representations of ‘ordinary’ people in everyday environment
-Power struggles between divisions of the police; government and the police and the judiciary system and the police
 However, I do not want to do the typical crime drama that keys in on the crime committers, rather I want to focus on the victims.


So now that I have discussed the genre I want to do, I want to talk about my plot idea. I really want to bring attention to an issue that affects me or is going to affect me. As a result, my main idea is:

-Rape and sexual assault in college

Some of the examples that I found similar to what I want to do is "The accused". However, the plot of this is not the plot that I want do. I have been scouring the web trying to find a film with the sam plot but it does not exist, at least not to my knowledge. I believe maybe its because this topic makes people uncomfortable but i suppose the truth always does.

This film is about a young woman who suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice.

The other film i found which hit exactly what I want to cover is not in the same genre but I feel like is exactly what i was searching for. It is called the hunting ground, it is a documentary  about many college students who have been raped on campus face retaliation and harassment as they fight for justice.
                                             

Check out my next blog to get all the gritty details.