Research into thriller/horrors;

I have researched and watched Paranormal Activity as i am planning to have handheld camera shots in my short film so the audience can see from that characters point of view and i have looked at how they have done this within the film. 

The poster;

I think the quotes within this poster work well to create tension and a build up to the film, such as 'don't see it alone'.

A good review;

It has been some time since I physically jumped at a scary movie. Horror has become a predictable genre and these days, maggoty skulls can leap out of wardrobes all they want, and we merely yawn. But in this film, all it took was one bedroom door to move 12 inches, unaided – just that, nothing else – and I felt like leaping into the arms of the person next to me. And there were ­moments when I thought I would not just need to change my trousers, but have them professionally incinerated by a biohazard disposal team.

A bad review;

98% of the movie was completely LAME! The plot sucked, the acting sucked, and the camera movement was exaggerated and made me want to throw up.
Throughout the entire movie I was hoping and praying that there was going to be something scarier that would happen. This is the entire movie summed up for you. 
Something weird happening to the girl..the start recording themselves to see if they catch footage or weird things happening..they hear a noise..they go to sleep..the door opens...they go to sleep...something moves downstairs..they go to sleep..something bangs on the walls..they go to sleep..something breaths..they go to sleep..finally something a little bit scary happens..the movie ends...oh yes and at one point a demon with hooves leaves three footprints on the floor.

Research on the horror/thriller genre;

With the plot outline I have thought of some of the scenes are slightly similar to the ones in the horror/psychological  thriller 'House At The End Of The Street' which was released in 2012 and worldwide gained $39,426,138 box office hits.

This is the poster for the film which i think works well for the genre, it is a character poster but also shows the house in the film giving the audience a setting which lets their mind wonder what has happened in that house for it to be a main part of the film and feature in the poster. Having the main character being Jennifer Lawrence and showing her on the poster is a smart idea from the creators of it because it will attract people to see the film with a big star clearly appearing in it and also fans of the said star would go to see to film mainly because she is in it. Also as Jennifer Lawrence has starred in other hit films such as The Hunger Games the audience will know her face and usually people go see films in which they know of the actors who are appearing in it. 

The reviews i have read completely vary, some say that it is not a horror/thriller as there is only 10 minutes of the film at the end which would class as the genre. Others say that the tension is built for an exciting plot twist at the end and the story line is good. With good or bad reviews the film grossed double the budget of $6,900,000 in the opening weekend. 

A good review said; 
'This movie was a pleasant surprise to me because I thought it was going to be more of a "horror" movie...I wouldn't call it that, I'd call it a terrific suspense thriller with good twists here and there. I liked the casting and the storyline. The actors did a good job, esp. the young college student male lead. This is a story that could have actually happened, imo. The music was a big part of the movie, too. Good soundtrack that, while I was aware of it, it did not take away from the scenes but built up my anxiety! It was like another character. Definitely worth seeing for all the right reasons. Very entertaining and kept my attention throughout. All this without "blood & guts" galore - made me think of the old Alfred Hitchcock-type thrillers that depended more on the viewer's anticipation and imagination. Lastly, I thought I had the plot figured out, but I was surprised at how wrong I was. Smiled on my way out of the theater.'

A bad review said; 
'House At The End of the Street stars Jennifer Lawrence and is about a daughter and mother who move into a house where the next door neighbor's's daughter killed her parents and fled the scene. She only left one surviving family member which was her brother.

A terrible name, terrible plot. Everything about this film is so clichéd that you stood nearly 10 feet ahead of it. There was no suspense and scenes that made you want to scream at the characters. And, just mentioning the characters, they were VERY one-dimensional. I didn't care about them, what happened to them, or what they will do. They all felt too generic to even listen to sometimes.

I kind of got the impression they were attempting a modernized Psycho- twist for teens. But it didn't come off, at all. The first half or maybe quarter was all right. But it went down-hill way too fast for me to comprehend. I thought the film could have went one direction, but when it came to the intersection, it looked at the right direction, gave it the finger, and went in the wrong one. I really had hopes for this one but it didn't deliver.

All in all, a terrible film. The only good thing about it is the first 20-30 minutes, some well-directed sequences and Jennifer Lawrence. That's all. Best to avoid this one, if you know what's good for you.

A low 4/10.'

Chosen genre;

The genre i have chosen to research further and use as the chosen genre for my short film is horror/thriller.

This is because i feel as though i can bring more to the film as a horror/thriller fan and for it to have a better outcome than a romance mainly due to not having good actors available to portray those type of characters. Also i think that a horror/thriller film would work better as a short film because it will build up the tension quicker and the story line would fit better as horror/thriller films are usually quite short in comparison to other genres so i can include the key elements of the genre in 5 minutes where as romances usually drag out and make the storyline as long as possible.

I can also think of more ideas for a horror/thriller film and how to make it look good and professional and i have found it harder to think of good romance story lines. 

Horror Trailers;

Both of these films are very known and popular in the horror genre and from that they have produced more and turned both of them in to film franchises that are known worldwide.

Scream is a series of American slasher films created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. The films star Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette. The series has grossed over $600 million in worldwide box-office receipts and consists, to date, of four motion pictures. The first series entry, Scream, was released on December 20, 1996 and is currently the highest grossing slasher film in the United States.^[1] The second entry Scream 2 was released on December 12, 1997 followed by a third installment, Scream 3, released February 4, 2000. Eleven years after the previous film, Scream 4 was released on April 15, 2011. The films follow the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell) who becomes the target of a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims. Sidney receives support in the films from town deputy Dewey Riley (Arquette), reporter Gale Weathers (Cox), and film-geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy).

Saw is a horror franchise distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment and produced by Twisted Pictures that consists of seven feature films and additional merchandise. In 2003, Australian director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell created a short film to help pitch as a potential feature film. This was successfully done in 2004 with the release of the first installment at the Sundance Film Festival. It was released theatrically that October. The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and were released subsequently every October, on the Friday before Halloween, between 2004 and 2010. 

Horror Genre Trailers;

Romance Trailers;

These two films are two of the most known romance films of all time, they are iconic to the genre and almost every person would have seen them.

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced, co-edited and partly financed by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.

The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes. The screenplay, written by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, is based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love during the early 1940s. Their story is narrated from the present day by an elderly man (portrayed by James Garner) telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident (played by Gena Rowlands, who is Cassavetes' mother).

Romance Genre Trailers;