The document describes a student's planned horror film opening sequence. The sequence involves a student discovering a body in a school at night. Flashing newspaper articles reveal the school was formerly a mental institution where something happened. Doors slam and the student finds blood, following it to a cupboard where a reaction shot leaves the viewer unsure of what is seen. Feedback from the target audience of teens and horror fans was positive, saying it creates suspense and enigma while being appropriate for ages 15 and up.
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Assignment 8 individual presentation draft 2
1. Assignment 8:
individuAl
PresentAtion
Chosen genre is horror
By Gledis Dedaj
2. Why i hAve chosen
horror…
• Horror films serve a general purpose, to shock, disgust •I like the idea of
and terrify you, whilst also entertaining you. shocking my
audience to ensure
that they
remember my
opening sequence
• They take people’s worst fears and
make them reality.
• Things like possessed characters
3. generAl conventions of
horror films…
• The conventions of a horror film depend on what type of horror it is…
They aim to scare. They aim to disgust. They aim to make you think.
Supernatural Horrors Gory Horrors Psychological Horrors
Appearances of demonic Grouse, bloody The villain or the ‘bad guy’ is
creatures and evil spirits and gory deaths often mentally ill or crazy.
4. generAl conventions of
horror films…
•Horror films often consist of evil forces, spirits or events.
•These evil and normally supernatural elements are usually placed into the everyday life.
•Common themes and elements presented in typical horror films are :
•Ghosts and •Serial killers
•Vampires poltergiest’ •Violent deaths
•Torture
and gore
•Zombies •Haunted bulidings •Werewolves •Demons •Possessions
5. films thAt hAve insPired
me…
• The film that inspired me most is ‘The Ring’
• I want to use a similar long shot in my opening sequence.
• It’s an effective way of keeping the audience’s attention to the puddle of
water whilst showing the character come up the stairs.
• I also want to use a fast zoom in my opening sequence.
6. use of costume And
mAke-uP in ‘the ring’
• Quite frightening to look at and an effective way of scaring the audience.
• The lighting throughout the whole movie is kept more or less the same.
• This creates a very eerie and creepy atmosphere in the movie, common in
most horrors.
• I want to use dark lighting in my opening sequences .
7. films thAt hAve insPired
me…
• A scene from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ 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 . Close up of
Making the audience uneasy she sees only her reaction. Rosemary’s face,
- Creates tension
• I want to leave the audience guessing in my opening
sequence in order to create suspense an enigma. emphasises her shock
8. Films that have inspired me…
• Another film that inspired me was ‘The Haunting in Connecticut ’
• Its paranormal theme has inspired me to make my opening sequence
about a haunting.
• Slamming doors…
• It especially inspired me to set my opening sequence in a building
that’s haunted. E.g. a haunted school.
• 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
sequence…
•Unexplained deaths •Vampires •Ghosts
•Hell
•Satanism •Poltergeist’
•Ancient curses
Supernatural Theme: •Spirits
•Demons
•The devil •Witches
•Possessions
•séances •Haunting
10. the theme of my
oPening sequence…
• 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. and tormented by a ghost.
e.g. The Amityville Horror A Haunting
Someone is haunted by the
spirit of a person they
murdered and is driven to
insanity.
11. WhAt hAPPens in the
Whole film…
• 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 student’s body is found and removed, an investigation to find the murderer begins.
More students are murdered but its not revealed what’s killing them only their reactions
before they die.
• 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).
• The main character tries to tell others and warn them but they think she’s crazy and don’t
believe her. She then begins to be tormented by the spirit haunting the school and thinks
she's going insane.
• 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 it’s spirit to leave permanently.
• 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.
• The End
12. WhAt hAPPens in the
oPening sequence…
• 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
• As she walks down the hallway, incoherent, but loud whispering can be herd
coming from the walls and the lights start flickering.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 music plays, what
she sees is not revealed you only see her reaction.
13. hoW my oPening
sequences creAtes
enigmA And susPense
• In my opening sequence enigma will be created through the
second character whom is not revealed. (inside the
cupboard)
• 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.
• 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 sequence…
•She will be dressed
• My opening sequence consists of only one
character. in a uniform and her hair
and clothing will be neat
• The character is a student at the school, this is
shown to represent her
innocence and make her
through props and costume.
appear more venerable
Actor
Actor
before
after
costume
costume
change:
change:
15. chArActers in my
oPening sequence…
• The main character will represent typical normal high school
students.
• 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 she’s scared
she clutches tightly to her folder and is constantly
looking behind her.
• There will be another character but who they
are remains a mystery because the audience doesn’t see
who has been murdered. This also creates enigma and suspense.
16. BAsic storyBoArd of my
oPening sequence…
•An extreme close up of her •A fast reverse zoom
feet as she runs when she reaches the •Doors slam by themselves
top
•Blood drips from the door •She enters the room and •She 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 sequence…
• In order from my opening sequence to really affect my audience, I
want my target audience to relate to the character.
• Lifestyle-Therefore my opening sequence is mainly aimed at teenagers
still in high school of both male a female genders.
• People who live in London-working class.
• People who like to be shocked and thrilled and enjoy mystery.
• However it is also aimed at people of an older generation who like
suspense and gore and enjoy watching horror movies.
• My opening sequence is suitable for ages 15 and over as it doesn’t
include any graphic or violent scenes.
20. feedBAck from my
tArget Audience…
• For my target audience feedback I asked five different people four questions about my
opening sequence .
• The people I asked varied from ages 16-48.
• Everyone asked was a horror film fan.
• Results:
• Question 1 : 3 People chose -A 2 People chose -B No one chose -C
• Question 2 : 4 People chose -A 1 Person chose -B No one chose -C
• Question 3: 5 People chose -A No one chose -B No one chose -C
• Question 4: 5 People chose -A No one chose -B No one chose -C
• Overall my feedback was generally positive
• From my feedback I learnt that my opening sequence successfully creates suspense
and enigma
• I also learnt that it is appropriate for teens as young as 15 to view it.
