To add onto the last blog post, I will be discussing the aspect of challenging genre conventions. Our story revolves around 2 friends getting lost due to their other friend. Maybe I have not watched enough movies, but I've never seen a film with this exact same plot. Betrayal is very common, but I've never seen it be used in this sense. What I also think stands out is just how much happens so quickly in our opening. Our opening does not really feel like an opening, which I think makes it stand out in a way. Most film openings just display a natural feeling to them and slowly introduce the tones and characters of the story. But, a great example of an action-packed opening is Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight". The story starts off with a bank robbery and the betrayal between the Joker's "workers". This sets the tone for both the Joker's brutality and chaos and the city's corruption and need for help.
Claudio and I already gave a large part of the plot right off the start, which could be a double-edged sword in some cases because it can either get people hooked right away and keep them hooked or it can hook them and as the story develops they get bored because they expect constant action. Filming in a singular location is also unusual. Most film production companies travel all over the country or world to find the perfect shooting locations. But, our project is completely done in the same location.
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