We have created this wordle to display our ideas regarding what words we associate to the horror genre. Many of the words used within this thought shower are typically shown in either the location or the characters emotion and feelings. The use of capital letters makes the words bolder, allowing them to stand out more which we feel helps to highlight and imagine being in the situation. we used a dark black background as this colour is associated with horror and gothic scenes. The deep red is used as this is another colour regularly used in horror movies to foreshadow that there will be danger and graphic violence within the movie.
Before starting our opening sequence we researched into what our target audience would be and what their favourite genre of film would be. We decided that if we were going to do a horror film then our target audience should be teenagers, but we had to have research to back this up.
We asked some of our peers various questions about horror films, including what genre they liked best, what type of horror they enjoyed and how often they watch horror films.
As well as doing our own primary research, we were able to collect graphs from online and evaluate them, helping to add to our final choice about which genre we should make our opening sequence.
We found out, while doing our research, that 29% of people liked psychological, 29% liked supernatural, 24% liked it to be a true story and 19% liked gorey horror films. In finding this out were able to come up with our story line. As part of our storyline we decided to include the teenagers telling horror stories in the woods. The horror story they told was based on a true story, which we found out teenagers liked. Our opening sequence is also based on a psychological storyline as the Ouija board can be seen as affecting people psychologically.
In deciding what genre our opening sequence would be, we asked some of our peers what their preferred genre of film was. As well as doing this, we were able to look on the internet and look at results other people had also collected. While looking at all the different results it was clear that horror stood out as peoples favourite. In order to attract our target audience (teenagers) we decided to make our opening sequence a horror film.
To decide what our target audience would be, we asked people of different ages what their preferred genre of film was. the majority of people we asked were the same age as us, teenagers. Many of them said that their preferred genre for a film was horror. In making our target audience teenagers we felt like we could relate to them and make an opening sequence that we would like, as well as catering for their needs.
We created this mood board to help us visualise possible scenarios in which our opening sequence can take place in. This mood board helps us explore the genre of horror and thriller. We believe that this represents many different horror and thriller scenarios and helps us to understand the darkness and fear behind the horror and thriller genre.
Drama Mood Board
We created this second mood board to convey our ideas about the typical stereotypes of a London drama. Within this mood board we have typical representations of urban London. These images above portray the lifestyles of urban cities and the problems that they encounter. By doing this task, we have been able to establish the settings needed in order to carry out this idea.
Conclusion
We created two mood boards conveying two different ideas to look at two different genres to give us more options for our opening sequence. As a result of having two mood boards we were able to finalise the genre that we will base our opening sequence on. In conclusion we will be continuing with the horror and thriller genre.
An opening sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, or both, utilising conceptual visuals and sound.
Se7en - Opening Titles:
Dark lighting is used to create a eery setting followed by flashes of light come in to shock the viewer and build suspense. Creepy music is also used to build suspense and the pace of the music gradually increases as the clip goes on. The company credits and title credits are written in scruffy hand writing to build a scary atmosphere and build on tension. The opening sequence also gives us a very vague image of the scene that it is set in and the characters that will be appearing.
The Bourn Supremacy:
Dark lighting is used to build suspense and flashes of light appear on the screen to create the atmosphere of driving through a town at night, this helps to set the scene. Dramatic music is also playing in the background and this sets the scene of a very serious storyline. The title of the film flashes onto the screen in bold then slowly fades out letter by letter, this is used to build suspension and continue the atmosphere. We then see the main character in a room with dark lighting and we can hear quiet chimes in the background which builds on the tension of the scene.
Pixar's Up:
In this opening scene we are presented with a very colourful setting and this give the opening sequence an atmosphere of happiness and cheerfulness. The background music is also very cheery and old fashioned and the scene is very stereotypical to a typical love story and this causes the viewer to connect with the storyline. The music quickly fades to sadder music and the pace slows down as they find out they are unable to have a child but then slowly speeds up as they find a new passion and continues to gradually get slower and gentle as the characters get older.
Manhattan:
The sequence starts with old new jazz music to set the scene and helps the viewer to set the scene in their head. We are also presented with a black and white image of Manhattan which sets the scene. We are also shown all of the culture around New York which allows the viewer to think about what the movie may be about but we are given no specific clue as to what this movie is about. The music used is very dramatic and celebratory and brings an atmosphere of life to the opening sequence, by doing this the viewer instantly wants to be part of this life and celebration.
What all of these opening sequences have in common:
All of these opening sequences have music that sets the scene for the rest of the movie and builds the atmosphere for the film that follows. In each opening sequence lighting plays a large part in setting the scene and gives us an indication as to what will follow in the movie. Enigma is used in each of these opening sequences to create interest for the audience.
In this task we demonstrated match-on-action, shot-reverse-shot and the 180 degree rule.
For this task my team and I spent 1 hour planning out where we would shoot our preliminary task shots, planning the shots that we would take, creating a script and planning what this clip would be about. Because of all of this planning, we were able to efficiently shoot our clip and we were able to do this to the best of our abilities. When uploading the shots onto the computer we came across some difficulties and as a result, our last shot was deleted but we quickly fixed this by re-taking the final shot the next day in the same conditions.
Emily Hervey - Preliminary task write up
In our group we were asked to demonstrate match-on-action, shot-reverse-shot and the 180 degree rule.
To start off with we spent one hour planning the plot for our preliminary task.
Due to all the time we took planning we were able to film the clip well, however we came across some challenges on the way. To improve filming in the future we would make sure the videos all uploaded to the computer correctly, meaning we would then not have to re film them, causing the alignment of the book to be out of line and wonky.
Chloe Rumin- Preliminary task write up
For our preliminary task we were told to demonstrate match-on-action, shot-reverse-shot and the 180 degree rule.
We thoroughly planned our work and this allowed our task to be successful. In the scene we start with a match-on-action as Emily walks through the door and we then have a second example of match-on-action as Emily walks through the door at the top of the stairs, we then showed shot-reverse-shot as Emily and Alex spoke about the book.
