Pre-Production Unit- "Action/Thriller" Genre and Writing for Realism.

In my previous blog post I wrote about the main reason I couldn't work with the Mr. Freeze character, and briefly discussed the possibility of creating my own superhero and original characters. However, after some more thinking, (and the fact that I am writing my film script with the intention of actually filming it for my major project), I do not believe creating a "super"hero per say would be something I could actually create with a student budget.
In order to create the fantastic costumes and special effects needed for such a film, I would need an incredibly large budget, and access to equipment beyond anything I could hope to acquire at this point in my career.

Explosions such as this one in X-men are common in super hero films, but can be difficult to pull off on a small budget.

This hasn't stopped me from investigating other ways that I could work with the super hero genre however.
Something I have considered, is creating a more realistic super-hero, much more akin to a vigilante crimefighter than some super-powered being. I hope that this would not only make it easier for me to create the film (as I would have to acquire less assets and wouldn't need as much manpower to pull off realistic effects etc) but it would also make the situations, characters and the world I create more realistic, and therefore relatable ones for audiences.