Sophie Ebrahimi Wentworth Year 12

Below is the link to a playlist of all the potential pieces of music I may use: Horror music playlist  For my opening scene, I will need multiple particular pieces of music in order to fulfil the effect I am intending to create. I gathered a playlist of around 20 pieces of music that I think will be suitable. When listening to the different kinds of music, I thought about whether or not they would build up suspense/tension, unsettle and overwhelm the audience as well as shocking them. Most of the pieces I chose do manage to create this effect, other than the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams which will be used for the song the girl will be listening to from her earphones.

After having looked at multiple potential fonts, I held a focus group in order to help me choose the most successful font for the sequence. My partner also did this for her potential fonts, these were the results: My Results: My Partner's Results: From the results my partner and I collected, we found that the most popular fonts from each of our focus groups were "Radio" and "Doctor Glitch". My Partner and I decided that we both want to use the font "Radio" because it looks distorted and a bit eroded, has a sinister effect and looks quite unsettling.

For this task, I will be looking at a series of different potential fonts for the titles within my opening sequence. The fonts I will be looking at will be according to my specific genre, which is horror. In order to help me choose the most successful font I will hold a focus group to see the result. My partner will do this also for her chosen potential fonts. BLACKLISTED TRAVELLING TYPEWRITER HANDWRITING BLACK DRAFT JB ETUDE UNDERWOOD CHAMPION DACTYLOGRAPHE URANIA CZECH RADIO

From looking at many different opening scenes, I have found that different types of titles are presented in various ways. For example: INSIDIOUS TITLE SEQUENCE --> Names of production companies. --> Film title - in a serif font, different from the rest. --> Cast names. --> Crew names. --> Producers name's. --> Director's name. --> All of the titles are in red, to represent an indication of genre. They are all shown in front of a different sinister background for each title apart from the film title. IT TITLE SEQUENCE --> Producer's name. --> Shows that it's based on a novel. --> Crew names. --> Director's name. --> All fonts are plain and serif other than the film title which is in a spooky red font as in indication of genre. --> Film title. --> All titles are presented over the film. THE EXORCIST TITLE SEQUENCE --> Producer's name. --> Crew names. --> Titles ...

Now that my partner and I have chosen which production companies we will be using within our opening sequence, I will look at the different types of logos there are for the specific companies. From this, it will give us an idea of which logos we may want to use. Warner Brothers: Rogue Pictures: New Line Cinema:

My partner and I had both looked into different production companies to produce our film. After having researched various companies that deal with the horror genre specifically, we came to a decision into what companies we would like to use for our film and why. The first company we will be using is Warner Brothers : Warner Brothers produces and distributes a wide-ranging slate of some 18-22 films each year, therefore the company must have lots of experience with making films, which is one of the reasons why we chose this company.Warner Brothers is also a global leader in the marketing and distribution of feature films, operating offices in more than 30 countries and releasing films in over 120 international territories, either directly to theatres or in conjunction with partner companies and co-ventures. This also encouraged our decision to choose this company, as it would help distribute our film all over the globe. Previous films : The Meg, Exorcist: The Beginning, The Conjuring...

For my opening scene, I will need to include the production company/companies that will of made the film. To know which company(s) I would like to use, I will look at the different companies which specify within the horror genre. My partner will do the same, and we will come to a decision together of which company(s) we would like to use. These are the companies I looked at: 1. BENDERSPINK  Benderspink is production company made by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink in 1998. Both partners have got a long agenda of films produced by them. Previous films : The Ring, Insanitrarium, Kill theory, The Butterfly Effect. 2. ROGUE PICTURES Are a production company bought from Universal by Ryan Kavanaugh 7 years ago. Rogue pictures produces more non-horror title films however is well known for making horror movies at a low budget level. Previous films : Seed of Chucky, Cry Wolf, The Return, The Strangers, The Unborn, My Soul to Take....

After having come up with several different names for the film, I decided to hold a focus group to help me choose the best suitable name. My partner will be doing the same as me for her names and we will decide out of the most popular names found from both focus groups, which one we would like to use. My Names: My Partner's Names: After having looked at both focus groups held, we found that the most popular name from results was Adoption, and the most popular name from my partner's results was Snatched. We decided between the two names, to go with Adoption because it seems more suspicious as it doesn't give the storyline away. Where as the name Snatched, makes the storyline more predictable for the audience.

After having looked at multiple opening scenes from the horror genre, my partner and I came up with a rough story line for our own. I will now be looking into some potential names for the film according to the specific storyline, as will my partner. We will then hold a focus group for the names we have both come up with, and which ever name has the most votes will be our chosen name. These are the names that I came up with: 1. KIDNAP 2. A DEADLY ADOPTION 4. ADOPTION 3. MISSING 4. CHILD 103 5. THE KID AND ME 6. GIRL IN THE BOX 7. EVERY MOTHER'S WORST FEAR 8. WONDER KID 9. TAKEN IN DAYLIGHT 10. DESPERATE RESCUE 

After having looked at several opening sequences all from the horror genre, I noticed a pattern in some of the conventions which they all included. For example, every opening sequence all had some kind of sinister/creepy non-diegetic music played at some point throughout the scene, whether it was slow and quiet or fast and loud. This is because, music plays a massive part within horror films as it controls the moods of the targeted audience and if done properly gives them the full affects of watching a horror film. Each sequence all had low level lighting for the majority of the scenes, and proportions of darkness. This helps to add to the frightening mood being created, and to also make the genre of the film very clear. As well as this, the majority of the opening sequences were set in the night time, for similar reasons above. But mainly because bad things are generally known to more likely happen within the night, due to the lack of sight and therefore things being easier to...

The scene starts off with the production company logos on show, along with some creepy non-diegeitc music played in the background to most likely reveal the genre. This scene takes place during the night, therefore low level lighting is mainly used to help add to the effect of horror. As the man is speaking around the campfire, slow non-diegetic music is played in order to build up tension for the audience. The scary non-diegetic music begins to get louder as certain events take place (e.g. people getting killed) to frighten and overwhelm the audience. As well as this, there are several enhanced sound effects of people screaming again leaving the audience unsettled. The title of the film is shown towards the end, and is presented within a spooky font and in the colour red, to perhaps represent blood. Synchronous non-diegetic music is played throughout the titles to perhaps engage the audience's attention into wanting to watch the rest of the film.

This scene is set at night time, therefore mainly low level lighting is used and a lot of darkness in order to make the genre clear towards the audience. For the majority of the scene only ambient sound and the character's dialogue can be heard acting as a form of silence, which can come across as rather unsettling for the audience. As the car pulls up aside by the man, you can hear the happy diegetic music it's playing also known as contrapuntal sound perhaps to confuse the audience. As the scene goes on, and the man is trying to work his way away from the car, the same diegetic music played from the car becomes non-digetic and gets a lot louder acting like a sound bridge to perhaps overwhelm and disorientate the audience. An appearance of the production company is then shown to again confirm the genre of the film. The scene finishes off with some uncomfortable non-doegetic music leaving the audience in both fright and suspense.

The scene begins off with the title of the film presented in a spooky genre in order to match the genre. Along with this, non-diegetic sinister music can be heard to again reveal the genre of the film and perhaps create tension for the audience. The use of low level lighting, and portions of darkness can be noticed throughout the majority of the scene. This helps to set the scene and add to the effect of thinking something bad is going to happen. As the women is walking down the dark hallway and suspects something is there, only ambient sounds can be heard acting as a form of silence leading the audience expecting a fright, this technique is also used at a different point of the scene. Enhanced sound effects are also used thoroughly within the scene, for example the turning on and off of the light switch as well as the woman's heavy breathing. The rest of the scene has slow non-diegetic music playing throughout, building up a sense of nerves until the end when it turns loud in o...

The scene starts off with the protagonist living her normal life, casually around her home. As the protagonist is a female on her own (which is normally seen in horror films) this automatically makes the audience think that she is vulnerable. Only ambient sounds can be heard at this point to add to the normality and perhaps create a sense of silence in order to make the audience feel uncomfortable. The repeated enhanced sound effects of the phone ringing might bring this to the audience's attention leading them to think this is unusual and something bad will come from this. Low level lighting is generally used throughout the scene, and this also takes place at night time adding to the effect of isolation and horror. Once the female has discovered she is being watched, non-diegetic slow, sinister music is played matching a heart beat building suspense. The same non-diegetic music is played, however gets much louder and quicker as the female starts to worry and run around her house...

The beginning of the scene starts off with some gentle non-diegetic music to perhaps contrast with the genre of the film, this can be found rather unsettling. Low level lighting is generally used throughout the majority of the scene to exaggerate the darkness of the film. There's only one character  mainly shown throughout the scene, who is a young little boy that we see running down a street on his own with no-one else around, presenting him as being vulnerable and maybe even a target. The weather conditions and ambient sounds of the rain also helps with the idea that something bad is most likely to happen to the little boy. As the scene goes on, the non-diegetic music changes and becomes louder and more sinister, along with this the amount of scenery shown on the screen decreases perhaps creating a sense of isolation or being trapped. When the little boy discovers the clown living under the sewer no non-digetic music can be heard, and only the ambient sound of the rain as well ...

As I decided to choose the HORROR genre, I will research the different conventions found within horror film opening scenes. I will be looking at opening sequences from the following films: IT SCREAM LIGHTS OUT GET OUT FRIDAY THE 13TH