Genre Task: The Outsider

Using the knowledge we have learnt from studying genre, we have been set the task to convert the same simple narrative into two separate film concepts using the conventions of two completely unrelated genres. The storyline, entitled 'The Outsider' consists of a character stumbling across a new kingdom where they are considered an outcast and are instantly caught up in the battle zone of a rising war.

 

For our first concept, we have decided to convert the narrative to suit a science-fiction genre. Considering the typical sci-fi conventions and our own expectations of sci-fi, we devised the idea that the film could be set on an alien planet and that the character considered an 'outsider' could be an astronaut who has crash landed. He becomes cought up in a long-standing battle between the two inhabitent alien species of the planet, 'the red people' and 'the blue people'. Believe we have created a mock-up idea of how the film poster may appear for such a film as well as a quick breakdown of the narrative:

 

Considering we had already selected science-fiction as our first genre, we knew for our second film concept we needed to choose a genre with very different conventions. As our first concept was set on another world, the most likely scenario seemed to be to set our second on earth and because our first appealed to an older audience due to its graphic scenes of violence during the alien battle, we decided the second should reach a younger age category. Therefore, we decided to produce the concept of a tennage high school comedy using exactly the same narrative as the previous sci-fi. In place of the astronaut we created a new girl who's first day it was at school and therefore was considered an 'outsider' as she did not have any friends. We then, constantly refering back to our knowledge of the typical conventions and expectations of the chosen genre, created the idea of having a rivalry between two gangs; the 'cool' kids and the nerds which our protagonist instantly becomes swept up in which results in a battle to decide which team she will join forces with. Below is our interpretation of the narrative to suit the conventions of our genre along with a mock-up of a possible accompanying film poster: