Part one of our eleventh asssignment.

1. A
Key Code:
Joanne: Abigail:
Gledis: Vera:
Group work:

2. B
• For draft one, we all received a grade
because parts of the presentation were
missing.
• My individual grade was an .
• WWW: I put good detailed information on
each of my slides.
• EBI: I should put all of my slides onto the
correct presentation.

3. • For draft one, we all received a grade
because parts of the presentation were
missing.
• My individual grade was an .
• WWW: My target audience slides were
efficient and had relevant information.
• EBI: I should include more detail in all aspects
and include images with every point.

4. B
Record of grade for draft one
• For draft one, we all received a grade because
parts of the presentation were missing.
• My individual grade was an .
• WWW: I gave a good range of conventions and
different films that met these conventions.
• EBI: I had realised that our opening sequence was
actually a thriller and so I wasn’t required to also
make a conventions chart for horror films.

5. B
• For draft one, we all received a grade
because I hadn’t put all of my slides onto the
presentation.
• My individual grade was an .
• WWW: I had a good range of pictures on my
slides.
• EBI: I should put the slides that I was missing
up onto the powerpoint.

6. c
• From draft one to draft two, we made a few
amendments to our opening sequence idea.
• For this, we changed the ending as we
received feedback that it wasn’t exciting and
that there wasn’t a good climax.

7. c
• This was a challenge, as we found it hard to
recreate the ending of the opening sequence,
but we managed to overcome this obstacle.
• This change helped us to improve overall
because it made our opening sequence more
appealing to our target audience, and made
them want to watch the whole film.

8. D
Genre:
Thriller
• We have decided to use the genre Thriller.
• We want to use this genre effectively by using
a number of conventions such as crime,
possession, haunting and revenge. We will use
these conventions by using them in our
opening sequence to thrill our audience which
meets the conventions of a thriller.

9. Genre D
Thriller
• This has changed since our first draft, as in our
first draft, we thought our opening sequence was
Thriller/Horror.
• We corrected this and using conventions, we
found that in actuality, our opening sequence was
a Thriller.

10. D
Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Fatal Use- Someone
Attraction becoming obsessed
after a relationship
Challenge – using a
female as the stalker
instead of a male.
Stalkers/
Obsession
The Fan Develop – Instead of
being obsessed with a
woman and or a
family, De Niro is
obsessed with his
favourite sports star
and stalks him.

11. D
Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
The Hand Challenge- it does it
That Rocks through using a
The Cradle women as the crazy
killer stalker who
seeks revenge instead
of the normal use of a
male
Stalkers/
Obsession
Stir of Develop – Its more
echoes obsession as Kevin
Bacon tries to find
the answers to an
ever haunting
mystery

12. D
Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Eye For An Eye Develop – A woman
is used as the
person seeking
revenge for the
crime rather than
the typical use of a
male character.
Crime The Ambulance Develop – Not
giving the audience
a clear
understanding of
what the crime
actually is at first.

13. D
(Possible) Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Challenge/
Develop
The Others Challenge – In this film
they made you aware
of the wrong ghost,
whereas in regular
horrors, the ghostly
figure is clear.
Ghosts
House On A Use/Challenge – They
Haunted Hill used the ghost to
create fear amongst the
audience and for the
characters.
They challenged it by
making the ghost
physically scary.

14. Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Use/Develop.
The common feature of
wrongful accusation was
Primal used and it was
developed because the
Fear
character accused was
religious, young and
didn’t fit the stereotype
Misidentification of who would be
or Wrongful accused.
Accusation.
Challenge – It seems
to the audience like
there has been a
The wrongful accusation,
Usual as the only survivor is
Suspects then questioned
about the incident
that occurred and this
typically doesn’t
happen.

15. D
Convention Explanation Use/Develop/
Challenge
Our character is Using – We’re using
haunted by a ghost this as we are doing
Ghosts/Spirits in her home. possession which
can be quite a
typical feature.
Mysterious things Using– We’re are
keep on happening using this
to the character, and convention by
Mystery as she becomes included mystery all
aware of this, these the way through the
happenings get plot.
worse.
At the end of film, Developing – We’re
our character is fully developing this
possessed. But because our
Possession during the opening character is
sequence, the possessed slowly
character has a close and is aware of this
encounter with the possession.
ghost.

16. Inspirational Films E
What I found
Inspirational about this
scene is the kind of
lighting they used
through out the more
dark scenes
emphasises the
emotions of the actor
/actress

17. E
Inspirational Films
Black Swan
What I found inspirational
from this movie is the use
of close up shots which was
clearly present in this film
It gives a clear picture of
the characters emotions
and helps the audience to
connect with the character
by seeing their emotions so
closely.

18. E
Inspirational Films – The Ring
• The film that inspired me most is ‘The Ring’
• I want to use a similar long shot in our 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 our opening sequence.

19. E
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 and thrillers.
• I want to use dark lighting in our opening sequences .

20. E
Inspirational Films - The
Haunting In Connecticut.
• 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 house.
• I would like to use old newspaper
articles such as this to briefly show the
history of the area. 

21. E
Inspirational Films – Rosemary’s
Baby
• 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 Close up of Rosemary’s face
It never shows what emphasises her shock, and
wild making the audience she sees, only her reaction.
uneasy. horror at what she sees.

22. E
Inspirational Films - Gothika
The particular scene I found inspirational about this film, where
the scenes where the ghost interacts with the characters by leaving
scratched out messages on their arms saying ‘Not Alone’.
I thought that a similar
idea would be a good
addition to our idea, as
the ghost tries to
communicate with our
character whilst she
sleeps.
I also took inspiration from the non-diegetic sounds, because they were creepy and
added to what was already a tense film.

23. E
Inspirational Films – Paranormal
Activity
Throughout the whole of Paranormal Activity,
the characters use their own camera to
document what is happening to them.
I liked the idea of this as it makes the viewing
experience more personal for the viewer as
they literally see what the characters see.
I want to use this in our opening sequence as
the camera shots made it more exciting for the
viewer, and we want to add tense excitement
too.

24. E
Inspirational Films – The Grudge
• The inspiration that I took from this film was
part of the plot – that the ghost was trying to
get revenge over her death.
• I also felt that the setting added to the
creepiness of the film, and so I hope we can
re-create this when we make our opening
sequence.

25. E
Inspirational Films – Cabin Fever
The camera shot for this scene The props of this
is a mini close up shot of his movie is very
face to demonstrate fear, disturbing for the
disgust and anxiety to the audience as it has
audience. disgusting images of
blood everywhere.

26. E
Inspirational Films – Cabin Fever
The movie has some kind of old
fashioned humour to it which makes it
more entertaining and interesting to
the audience.
In this scene the lighting was very dim
which makes it more scary because it
emphasis death, danger and fear. It
creates suspense to the audience as
they don’t know what is going to
happen next.

27. E
Inspirational Films – The Village
A scene where a character This scene has a mid shot of
discovers about the a character who is
supernatural things happening illustrating fear and also of
in the village in order to prove the monster destroying
to the people that there is things in the village.
something going on.

28. F
Theme/Concept
• An idea we had for the theme was Revenge
and the concept was Possession.
Injustice Ghosts
Grievance
Twists & Turns
Victims Enigma
Revenge &
Hidden identities Possession!
Vicious
Ghouls Suspicious
circumstances
Unsuspecting Mysterious
Shocking
Someone who has
revelations
been wronged

29. F
Theme/Concept
Another idea we had for the theme was Justice and concept was Death
Murder & Manslaughter
Righteousness
Revenge
Moral
Rightness.
Vendetta
Justice & Death!
A Cause
Mystery
Decay
Supernatural
Life After Death

30. F
Theme/ Concept
• These were our previous themes and
concepts.
• WWW: We had a range of different words
which helped us when thinking of our opening
sequence.
• EBI: We could have thought of more themes
and concepts.

31. F
Theme/Concept
• We did not change our themes or concepts
because it was suitable for what we wanted to
do.
• We kept the theme revenge and the concept
possession because the keywords on that
brainstorm helped to provoke new ideas
regarding our opening sequence.

32. F
Theme/Concept
• The way in which we came down to one idea
is as we like Gledis’s idea but had problems
with the choice of set being the school
• We later added elements from Abigail's
opening sequence and developed on that
• There were some bumps in the road as to the
ending of the sequence but after meetings we
came up with solutions

33. G
Research Of Topic
• http://fspp.net/warn%20poss.htm
• On this website, I found all of the believed
warning signs of demonic possession and this
all linked in with what we had originally
decided on for our opening sequence.
• The warning signs were things like self
mutilation, changes in personality and
attitude and blackouts in memory.

34. G
Research Of Topic
• On this website, I also found that the outward
manifestations of ghosts also linked in with our opening
sequence. The manifestations that we had already chosen
were listed on this website, and it included things such as:
• Knocking, banging or pounding being heard in one room.
• Electrical appliances turning on by themselves.
• A feeling of being watched.
• Scratching sounds being heard without an obvious source.
• And objects seemingly moving by themselves.

35. G
Research Of Topic
• http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-
story.php?story=2298
• On this site I found out that a girl who had been possessed by a
demonic creature at the age of 12, was seeing shadows appearing
from walls, covering all over her, hearing mocking noises and
could see a white round ball rolling towards her mother’s room
and also hear noises when she is alone at home.
• She was possessed until the age of 22yrs but still had a strange
feeling that someone was watching her when she went to her
night shift at the mental home.

36. H
Idea Development Option – Our
Previous Ideas. (the whole film)
• It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are happening to the
main character.
• The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in her home
before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they dismiss it.
• The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst sleeping she
dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits.
• The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her family hosts
an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed.
• Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main character
and burn her body. The cycle continues, with the audience being shown a family
moving into a newly built home where the main characters house used to be.

37. H
What Went Well/ Even Better If
• WWW: Our teacher said that she would
happily watch this film if it was an actual film
due for release. This showed us that our idea’s
were good.
• EBI: The ending was less drastic, as it seemed
unlikely that the characters family would burn
her body after accidentally killing her.

38. Idea Development Option – Our H
Previous Ideas. (the opening sequence)
• The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the history
behind where her house is situated.
• Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this
strange experience.
• After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another person’s
reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television.
• She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to find
out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t belong to
her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character.
• She hears a scream or thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of
it and ends up in the bathroom. She sees the tap dripping and as she turns it off, she
finds that the sink is full of blood.

39. H
What Went Well/ Even Better If
• WWW: Our opening sequence idea has good
pace, and the tension builds throughout the
two minutes.
• EBI: The ending didn’t let the rest of the two
minutes down as the rest of the opening
sequence built tension and then the final
moments made it all slump.

40. H
Idea Development Option
• We decided to keep the majority of our
idea the same, and so we only edited
the final part of our opening sequence
to make it more thrilling.

41. H
Idea Development Option – Our New
Ideas (the whole film)
• It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are
happening to the main character.
• The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in
her home before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they
dismiss it.
• The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst
sleeping she dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits.
• The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her
family hosts an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed.
• Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main
character and dispose of her body in a house fire. The cycle continues, with
the audience being shown a family moving into a newly built home where the
main characters house used to be.

42. H
Idea Development Option – Our New
Ideas (The opening sequence)
• The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the
history behind where her house is situated.
• Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this
strange experience and this is seen from her point of view.
• After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another
person’s reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television.
• She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to
find out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t
belong to her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character.
• She hears a thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it,
running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down to the
bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the handle,
someone else’s hand slams on the glass door from the inside.

43. Idea Development Option H
• From draft one to this current draft, we
discussed a number of alternate endings for
our opening sequence. We decided that the
ending we have chosen: “She hears a thump coming from downstairs,
she rushes to find the source of it, running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down
to the bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the handle, someone else’s
” gives the best climax
hand slams on the glass door from the inside.
out of all of our discussed options.
Alternate ending

44. I
Storyboard.

49. Long Shot, Slow motions zoom Close up shot, Ariel Close up of website research
2 Keyboard 3
1
Camera swished around
The room fast
4 Whispers are heard 5 Mid-shot view of character 6

50. Ariel shot of room Extreme close up of
Camera screen
7 8 Close up of camera in hand 9
Close up of TV
10 Long shot 11 12 Mid shot

51. Close up shot Close up shot of side of the
Long shot face
13 14 15
Close up of photo
Close up shot of
16 camera in hand 17 Ariel shot 18

52. Close up of face to capture
emotions Over the shoulder shot Mid shot
19 20 21
Long shot of hall way Ariel shot drop to
Over the shoulder shot
22 23 24

53. Wide shot Then fast zoom
In to Extreme close up to hand
Close up shot
25 26

54. Slide shot
• The close up/Extreme close shots we use are
to highlight importance or clearly show
emotions
• Ariel shots used are to give a clear view of the
area so you can make connections to reactions
• Long shots are again the same as Ariel but
with long shots we show the audience what
the character doesn't see