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Changing genre

Even though we didn't address this earlier, we did end up changing the genre of our film. Initially, although it was supposed to be humorous and comedic, meant to make people laugh. However, over time, our project slowly morphed, and by the time that we'd created our mood boards and our storyboard (which I'll blog more about tomorrow), it wasn't really a comedic movie anymore, but a horror flick. This definitely has many implications for our project overall.

The main difference is that we'll have to shift the tone of our movie. Whereas we originally planned to use bright overhead lighting and happy, upbeat music, now we'll have to shift. Instead, we're probably going to make use of many dark environments with the absence of lighting. Any sound effects we have will be dark and send chills down your spine (if we use much non-diegetic audio at all), and background music will probably not be incorporated to a great extent.

I'm just posting this to ensure that there isn't gonna be any confusion, because if you were expecting a comedy film, you may be surprised at the direction our project will take over the coming weeks. We hope you all enjoy it!

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