As I sit here reading and re-reading our script, one thought keeps entering my mind: Genre.
Historical Fiction is one of the least popular genres available today. In fact, finding statistics on the Historical Fiction genre in films was near impossible. Most statistical lists do not even include the genre in their postings! It doesn't have the angsty passion of Drama, the belly-laughing aspects of Comedy, the intensely terrifying scenes of Horror, or the sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat moments of Thriller. So why choose this genre?
Nick and I decided to choose Historical Fiction as the genre of our film opening because we believe our story idea will bring attention to the Japanese internment camps and give due respect to the individuals who were forced to suffer through these horrendous years. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, the topic of Japanese internment camps has been almost entirely left out of the media, and we have the goal of changing this depressing fact.
After researching genres, I also noticed that many films fall under the category of multiple genres. When delving into Historical Fiction, Zack Snyder's 300: Rise of an Empire stood out as having multiple genres aside from just Historical Fiction; Action, War Film, Fantasy, Epic, Drama, and Superhero Film, just to name a few.
Inspired by this discovery, our film will be centered around Historical Fiction as a sub-genre of Drama. Here are a few films that also helped in finalizing this decision as they too follow this genre/sub-genre pattern:
I know I promised storyboarding would be next, but I felt the need to fully grasp and convey the genre before beginning the next process. Stay tuned for the storyboards (for real this time!).
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