2. Why I have chosen horrorโฆ
โข Horror films serve a general purpose, to shock, disgust
โขI like the idea
and terrify you, whilst also entertaining you.
of shocking my
audience to
ensure that
they remember
my opening
โข They take peopleโs worst fears and
sequence
make them reality.
โข Things like possessed characters
3. General conventions of Horror
filmsโฆ
โข The conventions of a horror film depend on what type of
Supernatural horror it isโฆ Psychological Horrors
Gory Horrors
Horrors
They aim to scare. They aim to disgust. They aim to
make you think.
Appearances of Grouse, bloody The villain or the โbad
demonic creatures and gory guyโ is often mentally
and evil spirits deaths ill or crazy.
4. General conventions of Horror
filmsโฆ or events. These evil and
Horror films often consist of evil forces, spirits
normally supernatural elements are usually placed into the everyday life.
โขCommon themes and elements presented in typical horror films are :
โขGhosts and โขViolent โขSerial killers
โขVampires poltergiestโ deaths and โขTorture
gore
โขZombiesโขHaunted bulidings Werewolves โขDemons โขPossessions
โข
5. Films that have inspired meโฆ
โข The film that inspired me most is โThe Ringโ
โข I want to use a similar long shot in my opening sequence.
โข Itโs an effective way of keeping the audienceโs attention to the puddle of
water whilst showing the character come up the stairs.
โข I also want to use a fast zoom in my opening sequence.
6. Use of costume and make-up in โThe
Ringโ
โข Quite frightening to look at and an effective way of scaring the
audience.
โข The lighting throughout the whole movie is kept more or less
the same.
โข This creates a very eerie and creepy atmosphere in the movie,
common in most horrors.
7. Films that have inspired meโฆ
โข A scene from โRosemaryโs Babyโ also inspired me.
Close up of hand reaching into crib
Draws the audiences attention
to what she's doing.
.
Allows imagination to run wild .It never shows what
Making the audience uneasy she sees only her reaction. . Close up of
Creates tension Rosemaryโs face,
emphasises her shock
โข I want to leave the audience guessing in my opening and horror at what she sees
sequence in order to create suspense an enigma.
8. Films that have inspired meโฆ
โข Another film that inspired me was โThe Haunting in Connecticut โ
โข Its paranormal theme has inspired me to make my opening sequence
about a haunting.
โข Slamming doorsโฆ
โข It especially inspired me to set my opening sequence in a building
thatโs haunted. E.g. a haunted school.
โข I would like to use old newspaper
articles such as this to briefly show the
history of the building. ๏
9. The theme of my opening sequenceโฆ
โขUnexplained deaths โขVampires โขGhosts
โขHell
โขSatanism โขPoltergeistโ
โขAncient curses
Supernatural Theme: โขSpirits
โขDemons
โขThe devil โขWitches
โขPossessions
โขsรฉances โขHaunting
10. The theme of my opening
sequenceโฆ
The theme of my opening sequence is a haunting.
Someone moves into a haunted A
haunted school where a
house and begins to be terrorised student
gets trapped inside
by a ghost. A Haunting and
tormented by a ghost.
e.g. The Amityville Horror
Someone is haunted
11. What happens in the whole filmโฆ
โข Main character fell asleep during detention and is awoken by a noise at 8:00pm, the building is empty. This
is when she discovers a body in a cupboard (opening sequence). After studentโs body is found and removed,
an investigation to find the murderer begins. More students are murdered but its not revealed whatโs killing
them only their reactions before they die.
โข Main character is curious about what she herd in the hallway (whispering) -does research on building before
it became a school (mental hospital). She discovers there was a fire and someone died (but this was a cover-
up for a murder).
โข The main character tries to tell others and warn them but they think sheโs crazy and donโt believe her. She
then begins to be tormented by the spirit haunting the school and thinks she's going insane.
โข At the end of the movie the main character discovers that the body was buried in the basement (creepy and
eerie and no one goes down there). She has to dispose of the body for itโs spirit to leave permanently.
โข Whilst in basement she realises the body is behind the wall and knocks it down to find it is no longer there.
She desperately looks for the body and heavy breathing and footsteps are herd coming from behind her. She
turns around and screams.
โข The End
12. What happens in the opening
sequenceโฆ
โข The main character (a student) runs up the staircase to the top floor
of the school. (close up of feet running) A long shot from the end of
the hallway of the character as she reaches the top
โข As she walks down the hallway, incoherent, but loud whispering can
be herd coming from the walls and the lights start flickering.
โข In between shots flashing images of newspaper articles will appear
revealing that the school used to be a mental institution and
something happened involving a patient.
โข She continues walking. At this point the character is very frightened
and shaking. All the doors begin to slam by themselves. The students
drops her folder from the shock.
โข She notices blood on a door knob, opens it with her sleeve and follows
a trail of blood to the cupboard. As she opens the door, high pitched
13. How my opening sequences creates
enigma and suspense
โข In my opening sequence enigma will be created through the
second character whom is not revealed. (inside the cupboard)
โข The fact that it is not shown to the audience what the main
characters sees and is horrified by creates enigma because the
audience will then become curious as to what it is she is
reacting to.
โข Their curiosity towards the mysterious character will lead to
my audience wanting to see the rest of the film in order to
find out what happened to them
14. Characters in my opening
sequenceโฆ โข She will be
โข My opening sequence consists of only one dressed
character. in a uniform and
โข The character is a student at the school, this
her hair and
is shown
clothing will be
through props and costume.
neat to represent
her innocence and
make her appear
more venerable
Actor Actor
before after
costume costume
change: change:
15. Characters in my opening
sequenceโฆ
โข The main character will represent typical normal high school
students.
โข She represents the victim and the hero in the movie.
She carries a folder and is dressed in uniform. ๏
This shows she's a typical high school student.
Her body language tells the audience sheโs scared
she clutches tightly to her folder and is constantly
looking behind her.
โข There will be another character but who they
are remains a mystery because the audience doesnโt see
who has been murdered. This also creates enigma and suspense.
16. Basic Storyboard of my Opening
Sequenceโฆ
โขAn extreme close up of her โขA fast reverse zoom
feet as she runs when she reaches the โขDoors slam by themselves
top
โขBlood drips from the door โขShe enters the room and โขShe opens the cupboard
handle follows a trail of blood to door and is horrified by
the cupboard what she sees, but its not
17. The Target Audience for my Opening
Sequenceโฆ
โข In order from my opening sequence to really affect my audience, I
want my target audience to relate to the character.
โข Lifestyle-Therefore my opening sequence is mainly aimed at teenagers
still in high school of both male a female genders.
โข People who live in London-working class.
โข People who like to be shocked and thrilled and enjoy mystery.
โข However it is also aimed at people of an older generation who like
suspense and gore and enjoy watching horror movies.
โข My opening sequence is suitable for ages 15 and over as it doesnโt
include any graphic or violent scenes.
20. Feedback from my Target Audienceโฆ
โข For my target audience feedback I asked five different people four
questions about my opening sequence .
โข The people I asked varied from ages 16-48.
โข Everyone asked was a horror film fan.
โข Results:
โข Question 1 : 3 People chose -A 2 People chose -B No
one chose -C
โข Question 2 : 4 People chose -A 1 Person chose -B No
one chose -C
โข Question 3: 5 People chose -A No one chose -B No
one chose -C
โข Question 4: 5 People chose -A No one chose -B No
one chose -C
โข Overall my feedback was generally positive
