Final Reflection
I am glad to have worked on the film opening for “Lost” with my partners Logan White and Felipe Marcan. When I was first given the option between a film opening and a magazine spread, I was initially considering the magazine. I had faith in my writing skills but I felt like I needed to challenge myself and stimulate my creative side, so I joined Felipe and Logan in their quest to create a film opening. We first began doing research on various genres that we could have worked on within our film opening. I did research on the comedy genre and the horror genre. Although I found both intriguing the horror genre had clearer conventions to stick to, which would have better helped guide us through our filming process. While doing research on the horror genre, however, I encountered the thriller genre. Early on in the research process, we knew that we did not want to fall into certain cliches so we opted out of dealing with supernatural forces. After discovering the thriller genre, I found
