Major Pre Production Development- Initial Idea

   For the Major Project and the Pre-Production part of it, I have decided to work with Mark Cooper. My reasons for working with him are the fact I know this is going to be a very demanding year and I feel Mark and I can still work with each other without much conflict. Even though we have worked on a previous project together which did not turn out so well, I believe the same will not happen again this time as it is a different project that we have full control over, so the problems we faced in the previous unit should not happen again.

  Our initial idea so far is to create a horror film, or a film with horror elements within it. Mark was very keen on this idea as it is something he said he has always wanted to try, myself on the other hand see this as a very interesting route to go down. I personally believe that the horror genre film wise is not doing too well compared to other genre of films at the moment. But on the other hand, the horror genre in gaming has been very popular and successful in recent years. The fact horror films at the moment are not reaching the heights of success it has reached with classics such as 'The Shinning' and 'The Exorcist', or successful films from the recent past such as 'Saw' and 'Paranormal Activity' makes me want to try and make a change in the genre. Some research into horror films as a whole will be needed for us to successfully create a successful horror film, so this will be our next step, after deciding what job roles we both will take control of. 

Pre Production Unit Development - Major Pre-Production

   After looking over both routes and weighing up the positives and negatives of both, I have decided to go down the Major Pre-Production route. My reasoning for choosing this route is the fact of how important this route could be to my Final Major Product, and the fact I would have a film I created my self instead of a plan for one also swayed my opinion. This factor in particular has swayed my opinion because this will help me out in my future career. I would have a serious piece of work in my portfolio instead of films that are obviously made by a student which I see as more valuable, plus I feel I would learn a lot from working and planning a big production like this. Next step for me now is to find someone to work with and create a plan for a Final Major Project.