What inspired me to chose the Detective/Mystery genre was my love for suspense. Through the work in this class and in previous years of watching television, I have developed a love for a rollercoaster of emotions when watching television and movies, especially when I feel as I am in the characters shoes. As the school year crept around again in August, I, along with a handful of other seniors had AICE Media first period. Although not a single one of us had the slightest clue as to what this class would entail when it appeared on our schedules, we all continued to pursue into our first period on August 15th at seven A.M. without a second thought of hesitation. As weekly blog posts became a Sunday night ritual for us first-time AICE media students, we were told to have a thought as to what our film opening genre would be in the near future. Most of us, Including myself, had completely forgotten about the blog post until the final day for submission, but it was okay because here I am writing about what inspired me to pick this genre. Although I did technically come up with my film opening genre last minute, many factors attributed to my group's decision such as previous work in the class, and a shared interest in Mystery.
Maddie, Josh, Lily and I all have many things in common, and one being our love for suspense. Mystery movies/tv shows always have each of us on the edge of our seats, but predominately me. On top of all of the classic mystery/detective movies such as Murder on the Orient Express, Sherlock, Silence of the Lambs, Momento, and more, my forever love for such a genre kindled through every episode of Hawaii Five-0.
Hawaii Five- 0 is a television series which focuses on two detectives who are part of an elite task force whose mission is to eliminate crime in Hawaii. This show really grabs its audience by each opening scene. The first two minutes of each episode starts with an establishing shot and establishes the whole storyline pertaining to each individual episode, and without these scenes, the show would be completely flipped around. The establishing shot includes the “crime” which the two main detectives, Steve McGarrett and Scott Caan, will soon be solving. By showing the crime first, rather than at the end, the viewer, including myself, automatically gets sucked in and is drawn to watch the rest of each episode, which eventually turns into being watching a whole season in one night.
What inspired myself and my group to chose the Detective/Mystery genre was not the fact that we had previously done a powerpoint on this genre, but the fact that creating a piece of work in honor and replication of something we love meant so much to us. Although everyone loves a good laugh and even a scream every so often, we decided to dedicate our second semester to something we have the most knowledge, passion, and love for… and that is the mystery/detective genre. 
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