1. The establishing shot will be a long
shot of both the characters walking to
the abandoned building. The long
shot will allow us to show the
audience that the area is isolated.
The characters will both be wearing
casual clothing to show they both
have the same social status and will
be positioned closely together to
show that they are friends. The more
confident character will be holding
the Ouija board while the other will
be carrying the lamp. This shot will
last between 0-5 seconds.
Ouija board
Lamp

2. The second shot will be a close up of
the character holding and walking
with the Ouija board. This will
indicate to the audience the genre of
our title sequence and what it will be
about. This shot will also be very
short (2-3 seconds) because we only
wanted to give a glimpse of it to
make it seem mischievous.

3. This shot will be a tilting shot to
show where the characters are
climbing to. This shot will show
the characters approaching the
building and beginning to climb
it, the building also provides a
good backdrop for some credits
to appear.

4. This is the same shot however
it shows both of the characters
climbing the ladder and the
more brave and confident
character will go first.

5. This shot will be a close up of
one of the characters trying to
force their way into the
building. The door will be
uneasy to open to signify to the
audience that the two
characters are
trespassing, doing something
they shouldn’t be and that the
building is has aged and has not
been used in a while.
Abandoned and aged buildings
are often used as a convention
In horror movies, so this will
reinforce to the audience that
this opening title sequence is a
horror movie.

6. This shot will be on the interior
of the building and will show
the door opening. This shot will
be a medium shot. There will
also be a fade into black before
the characters enter the
building.

7. This shot will show the two
characters entering the building
and both of them will be
looking around to indicate that
they are exploring this area.

8. This will be a long shot and in
this shot the characters think
that they need to turn the lamp
on. The shot will be taken from
behind a wooden beam and will
be handheld to signify to the
audience that something else is
present in the room with the
two characters.

9. This shot will be a close up of
one of the characters turning on
the lamp, this shot will be very
short and will last between 3-6
seconds.

10. This shot will be the same as
shot no.8 (taken from behind a
wooden beam to give the
impression and feeling that
something else is present in the
room.

11. This shot will be a long tracking
shot and will follow the
characters to the spot where
they will play. The characters
will find a place to play the
Ouija board and sit down in
anticipation.

12. Should we light
the candles?
The next shots will be a shot
reverse shot of character 1
asking character 2 if they should
light the candles. There will be
very low key lighting here and
there will be lighting aimed at
the characters from below their
faces which is a common
convention used in horror genre
movies.

13. Yeah, I think
that’s a good
idea. It’s very
dark in here.
This shot will be second part of
the shot reverse shot.

14. In this shot the characters
lighting the candles so that they
can make it brighter and play
the game. This shot will be a
two/medium shot. The lighting
in this shot will be provided by
the candles and the lamp.

15. This shot will show the two
characters beginning to play the
game and placing their hands
on the board.

16. Hands
This shot will be very brief and
will show the characters hands
on the board while blood
appears suddenly and rains
onto the board.

17. This will be the final shot of our
opening title sequence, it will
be a long shot and will show the
two characters running and
trying to escape in
fear, however the door will
close before they reach it and
they will be locked inside.