A genre that I was thinking about doing for the portfolio project is the Murder-Mystery sub-genre.
The murder-mystery sub-genre focuses on the topic of a usually homicidal murder, and the main group of characters are considered the suspects. With a detective trying to solve the murder, there is always one suspect who looks like the obvious murderer. However, these films often introduce a plot twist that pins the murder on a character the audience would never have suspected.
The target audience is usually between the ages of 25 to 65, more popular among women between the ages of 35-65. Through marketing strategies, during trailers, it has quick clips but with multiple clues to have the audience try to decipher what's going on. 2 film productions that represent the murder-mystery genre are "Knives Out'' and "Murder on the Orient Express."
The plotlines throughout the films usually consist of either introducing all the characters at first, then witnessing the murder, or the other way around. The tropes would be femme fatale, "butler did it", unreliable narrator, and the bad cop good cop detective. Through the story, the detective would be going through different clues to figure out the murder.
I don't know if I want to go through with this genre, but it did intrigue my interest due to the anticipation and confusion it brings viewers.
Branagh, K. (Director). (2017). Murder on the Orient Express [Film]. 20th Century Fox.
WatchMojo. (n.d.). Top 10 Murder Mystery Movies. WatchMojo. https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-10-murder-mystery-movies
TV Tropes. (n.d.). Mystery Tropes. TV Tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryTropes
O’Rourke, Ryan. “40 Best Murder Mystery Movies of All Time.” Esquire, 2021. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g35128596/best-murder-mystery-movies/.
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