1. Assignment 26:Enigmas In Our
Opening Sequence
(Final Draft)
Patrycia Butrym
Esere Simei-Akajagbo
Shivonne Weekes
Courtney Buabeng

2. Enigma
Enigma 1 Enigma 2 Enigma 3
Explanation Why does she want the blonde
hair?
• This allows the audience
to question why is she
targeting blondes and not
brunettes
• Makes the character seem
sadistic, mysterious and
jealous
Why she following the girl?
• This creates a brainteaser for
the audience as they search
their minds to figure this out.
• Which is a basic convention of
a slasher horror
Why she obsessed with her?
• This creates a puzzle for
the audience because
they would want to see
more as for why she is
obsessed with her.
• Makes the character
seem crazy and creepy.

3. Real Life Example
Film What’s the enigma? Is it inspirational to us?
Man On Fire Who sets up the kidnapping? It makes us develop our idea- with revenge
Se7en Why is his fingers dirty?
Why is there a razor in his hand?
We want our main character to look psychotic and
vulnerable
Captivity Why is she abducted and tortured? The main character has a sadistic mind with could help
enhance our slasher subgenre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Why did the hitchhiker shoot herself? It encourages the audience to want to watch more as
this enigma appeared in the beginning
Carrie Why is she washing blood off her body
and clothes?
We wanted to show our main character washing off
blood to create enigma and suspense
Also, to make the audience question who and why she
killed someone.

4. Enigma & Genre
Our enigmas are suitable for our audience, because:
• It fits our horror slasher/horror genre- audience expectation of mystery , gore and suspense
• It allows the audience to think of resolutions to enigmas such as: why is she obsessed with
her?
• The blood on the knives with chunks of flesh with strands of hair allows the audience think
and try to solve the puzzle.