Development of Story

Development of Story

In our group we decided to change our genre from thriller to horror, as there are many more symbols and aspects that we can involve.

There are elements to horror, that area reoccurring themes throughout the history of the genre, which we may be able to involve in our project to make it more appealing to the horror loving audience. As listed on the post about a history of horror:

• Things that are uncanny
• Things we don't understand causes a strong emotional response if represented correctly, such as the living dead (zombies).
• Our own death
• Or something possessing our bodies (body snatching).
• Disturbance of family life
• The breaking of the equilibrium we call everyday life.
• Vulnerability
• And the inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment.

In our story we have included the uncanny, the disturbance of the equilibrium that is normality and the fear of our own death. Some of these themes may not be immediately clear to the audience, but, hopefully, as the opening progresses, they will develop; for example when the boy is suddenly able to see the creature, then later when he is kneeling over the body, and throughout when there are P.O.V. shots from an unknown person but is still giving the sense that the protagonist is being followed.