LO1 - Genres

My script is going to be a for a horror short film. However we will likely try to focus the script to evoke more psychological horror as it easier than trying to create a short film that uses lots of constant jump scares due to our small budget and available equipment. A lot of low budget projects may opt for a horror approach, because fear is a universal theme so it is easier to make something that can be viewed by a wider audience. The genre for the short film script I have analysed is comedy, this will mean that they would have had to decide on a more specific target audience earlier on, as comedy audiences vary more than horror audiences. For comedy, unless it is mainly slapstick humour, the writing is more important than the direction. It also means that there is likely to be much more dialogue and less instructions for the crew than there would be in a script of a different genre. In some projects genre isn't as applicable, such as the TV news script, which does not vary in genre, as it is itself a different genre of script. Documentaries rarely have any feature any different types of genre, however there are some that will slightly explore styles in which to tell there story. For example some Louis Theroux documentaries are intentionally funny and the questions asked and editing techniques used are for comedic relief.