My drawing of a shot which may possibly be seen in the opening sequence:

My drawing of a shot which may possibly be seen in the opening sequence:

This is the drawing I did of one of the shots which may possibly be seen in our opening sequence, it is an extreme close up of the victims hand on the floor with a crumpled piece of paper in her hand saying your next.

Initial Ideas:

Initial Ideas:

Questionnaire Analysis:

Questionnaire Analysis:

This is an image of our survey which as a group had over 15 people fill out.

As a group we got people to filled in over 15 of these surveys ranging in age, I believe this makes our research very reliable.

Analysis of question 1:

Through using this question we can then analyse further questions dependant upon the answer for this question.

Analysis of question 2:

Through using this question again we can evaluate the answers for further questions dependant upon the answer for this question.

Analysis of question 3:

Through using this question we then know how secure and reliable their answers are for further questions.

Analysis of question 4:

Through using this question we can then take ideas from the answers for this question and maybe incorporate them in our own horror opening sequence.

Analysis of question 5:

Through using this question we can then find out the majority of people who prefer to watch horror films at the cinema or at home then we know what should be shown for example if the majority said the cinema maybe you would put something to jump out on screen in.

Analysis of question 6:

Through using this question we know what people tend to enjoy or are attracted to in horror films which again we could incorporate into ours making it more successful.

Analysis of question 7:

Through using this question we can see if any answers have a pattern for example if a lot of people say the same thing and then we know for example not to include it because if we did ours wouldn't be unique or out of the ordinary.

Analysis of question 8:

Through using this question we can then know what is the norm and should we stick to it or not for example.

Analysis of question 9: 

Through using this question we then know what is and isn't unique because if everyone says the same thing we then know its successful and then we can do further research into that film where the sound came from and take elements from it for example.

Analysis of question 10:

Through using this question we know if the majority of the audience feel scared or not and then we can look at their other answers and incorporate some of the ideas from the conventions they talk about from some horror films for example.

Plot Synopsis:

Plot Synopsis:

Our draft version of our plot for the opening sequence is about a girl who is found dead in the woods by a couple. The girl is holding a crumpled up piece of paper which tells the audience the couple are next. The couple take no notice of the violent message as they think its a prank, still shocked by the dead body. One of the couple phones the police, however they lose connection and when they turn around one of the couple is gone. When the couple ring the police, the murderer should answer the phone as the police, so the audience know something the couple don't. Throughout the opening sequence they just see parts of the murderer but not his face.

This will leave the couple asking questions for example where did the member of the couple (preferably the man to challenge gender stereotypes) disappear to?

As a group we need a longer discussion on this for example we need to expand "on the crumpled piece of paper in the hand idea", because its not unique or out of the ordinary, there is no risk when using it.

Location Research:

Lancaster Gate Station:

This is an image of the inside of Lancaster gate station, it is very popular so it would be an ideal location for our group to film in because we would have many extras, and it would come across to the viewer as very realistic and not fake. This location would be effective to our genre because many horror films have central locations where people are in a rush, so they don't know if they are being watched or not and also a tube station when your on your own can sometimes be quite scary because you don't know who's around and its hard to know of you're being followed because there are so many carriages.

The woods of Nonsuch Park:

This is an image of the woods at Nonsuch Park which is very local. The woods here as you can see can be very deserted at some points of the day so if you were here alone you would feel very vulnerable.

The woods would be a great walk for a couple because they would be alone and they could have some time to talk to each other. However the woods are quite big so it would be easy to get lost and relating it back to our genre of horror, films of that genre sometimes use deserted locations which are big because the audience believe the characters are vulnerable and there's no-one around to help and its easy to get lost. 

Old children's home in Skyfall:

The old children's home used in James Bond Skyfall would be an ideal location for a horror film because it had many conventions of the horror genre for example it was old, remote and had history. What I mean by it had history is it had all the happy moments still in from the children who use to live their, there is usually a place like this in horror films where something is set for example an abandoned mansion which had a lot of history to it so it had a lot of memories which gets the audience thinking and feeling on edge.

Survey results

This is the analysis of  the answers from our groups questionnaire displayed through a Powerpoint:

                            

Our Vox Pops for our genre; horror:

These are our groups vox pops edited, we asked three questions to our interviewees, but in the video we've edited it so a question is asked and then we have the answer for that question from the interviewees one after another this happens three times as there are three questions, and at the end we have a behind the scenes extended interview on the genre of horror with Jacob. The interviewers were me (George Dennehy) and Lindsay Brophy, the interviewees ranged mostly between 16 and 17 year olds and one adult. The questions asked were:

1. Do you like horror?
2. What do/don't you like about horror?
3. What do you expect to see in horror films?

To conclude the vox pops we filmed, I have come to an answer for these questions dependant upon the answers from the interviewees. Overall the majority of the interviewees like horror films. Overall the audience like horror films because of the suspense followed by the killing scenes. Overall the audience expect to see old objects, murder weapons and vulnerable or not in the right state of mind people. I came to this conclusion by analysing each individual vox pop.

Conventions of a horror opening sequence:

Analysis of the exorcism of Emily Rose opening title sequence:

Analysis of Resident Evil Afterlife:

Analysis of Title Sequences:

Coraline -  title sequence:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/coraline/

The first title in this sequence is the title of the film this tells the audience straight away a bit about the film because the button used to replace the "O" in Coraline symbolises the character Coraline has buttoned eyes. Then after this is the name of some of the main characters in the film and finally credits of the film makers for example special effects and music producers, who did not have the same level of importance in the sequence because children wouldn't really take notice to them.

Archer - title sequence:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/archer/

The titles throughout this sequence are in a "child like" font for example the use of capital letters aren't used correctly which reflects a child stereotypically this foreshadows that this film is going to be for a child. This sequence doesn't have any credits it just has the names of the actors this suggests that the titles in this sequence aren't suppose to be the main audiences attention and that the target audience is suppose to be for children because there is no technicality involved.

Anatomy of a murder -  title sequence:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/anatomy-of-a-murder/

This title sequence has body parts related to the title "anatomy" in most shots, this suggests to the audience that this film is going to be about Anatomy. One of the titles I especially noticed was "starring" this suggests it wants the audience to be aware that a special actor or actress is in the film. Also I noticed one of the shots just had a list of part of the cast this shows they are not equal to the main character because it said starring for him and he had his own shot to himself. Also the production designers and others, towards the end of the sequence were in a smaller font this suggests they weren't as important to the film as some of the characters.

The sixth sense  - title sequence:

The title sequence for the Sixth Sense doesn't consist of any moving images in the background, it only consists of a black background. The colour black symbolises death, and also the fear of the unknown you don't know what is going to happen, all you know from analysing the background colour which is black is that something bad is going to happen. The titles fade in and out slowly, this maybe to foreshadow someone entering in and out of someone's life also this is used to build tension and suspense. The titles are in a serif font which symbolises that this film is serious and is not a laughing matter which against builds suspense and tension. Finally the titles appear in this light ice cold blue font this maybe to foreshadow death, because when a body dies and loses temperature the lips go blue, also this colour of blue maybe to show a pulse has gone which again suggests death.