4. FEEDBACK OF OUR FIRST
OPENING SEQUENCE:
Our opening
sequence was too
long + more like
a film.
We didn’t use
enough transitions,
or any special
effects.
The pace of our
opening sequence
wasn’t fast
enough.
We were missing out
on marks, because we We need to be more wary
had no titles. of head space when re-
filming, as we had a lot
of empty space.
5. DECISIONS AND REVISIONS.
Whilst filming our opening sequence, we had to
make a few decisions about the script and the
layout, which differed from our original ideas.
Some parts of the script were cut out, as it was
unrealistic that a character to say some of the
written lines.
There was also some confusion with the intended
opening sequence. We had different ideas about
what we were filming for it, so had to change it
on the day.
6. D
CONVENTIONS OF THRILLERS...
• We are using conventions of
thrillers, such as crime,
mystery and ghosts.
• We identified other thriller
films that used these
conventions effectively, such as
House On A Haunted Hill, Stir
Of Echoes and The Others.
• We collectively decided on how
we would use, develop and
challenge these conventions.
7. D
Convention Explanation Use/Develop/
Challenge
Our character is Using – We’re
haunted by a using this as we
Ghosts/Spirits ghost in her are doing
home. possession which
can be quite a
typical feature.
Mysterious things Using– We’re are
keep on using this
happening to the convention by
Mystery character, and as included mystery
she becomes all the way
aware of this, through the plot.
these happenings
At the end of film, Developing –
get worse.
our character is We’re developing
fully possessed. this because our
Possession But during the character is
opening sequence, possessed slowly
the character has and is aware of
a close encounter this possession.
with the ghost.
8. Same as
assignment 11
Theme/Concept draft 3
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
9. Same as
assignment 11
Theme/Concept draft 3
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
10. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE.
The narrative structure of our opening sequence
follows the theory of Todorov.
It is structured this way as it begins with relative
harmony which is then disrupted by the
disequilibrium and it is unknown whether or not
this is resolved which is the new equilibrium.
Our opening sequence introduces our character,
and the audience to the idea of supernatural
events.
11. THE NEW IDEA.
Footage from a night vision camera is shown, in which the character
has her covers pulled off whilst sleeping by the ghost and the lamp
switches off.
Zoom out to imply the character is watching the video from her laptop
and is horrified at what she sees . The door slowly opens and a gush
of wind pushes the papers on her desk.
She gets up, closes the door and sits at her desk. The laptop then
suddenly turns off and a mysterious figure walks past behind her
(seen by audience only). The door opens violently.
She stands up in fright and the curtains behind her open by
themselves. She backs away from her desk. Suddenly loud banging
can be heard from inside her cupboard scaring her.
She reluctantly walks to the cupboard doors terrified and opens them.
It is not seen what is in their only her reaction. The camera zooms
fast into her face and then a blackout.
12. NEW STORYBOARD.
Close up shot, Ariel Close up of website research
Long Shot, Slow motions zoom
2 Keyboard 3
1
Camera swished around
The room fast
4 Whispers are heard 5 Mid-shot view of character 6
13. 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
14. Long shot Close up shot Close up shot of side of the
face
13 14 15
Close up of photo
Close up shot of
16 camera in hand 17 Ariel shot 18
15. 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
16. Close up shot
25 26 Wide shot Then fast zoom
In to Extreme close up to hand
17. CHANGES IN CHARACTER AND
MISE EN SCENE.
For draft two, we are changing the actress,
location and costume.
Our actress is now Joanne Aroda.
We will change her costume to make her look a
bit less confident and more vulnerable.
We have also changed the location slightly as the
character will remain in her room and not go
downstairs.
18. CHANGES IN CHARACTER AND
MISE EN SCENE.
We have decided that we want out character ‘Drew’ to
represent your average normal person.
The reason we have done this is because we feel that this
will help her character relate to a much wider audience.
We want our audience to think that what happens to our
character in our film can happen to anyone no matter how
ordinary.
The purpose of this is so frighten our audience, as this is
our main goal with a Thriller film.
19. Same as
assignment 11
Location draft 3
We have one locations with this idea.
The first, is a bedroom in which all of these
supernatural things happen to the character in.
There are no health and safety risks in this
location.
(Supernatural things)
20. Same as
assignment 11
Location draft 3
This location is nearly always accessible as its my room,
however, the only problem we may face with this location is
when we can film as my mother works from home and noise
from filming could be an issue.
We can get there from school by getting the 266 or 260 bus to
Church Road and then a short walking distance, where we’d
have to cross four non-major roads.
21. DISTRIBUTION COMPANY.
We looked at various distribution companies in
order to find one that would be suitable for our
second draft.
We finally decided on Ghost House Pictures
It is a distribution company that have been
behind films such as The Grudge (1-3), The
Children and The Messengers.
22. DISTRIBUTION COMPANY.
They are suitable for our film idea, as they
distribute to both American and European
audiences and they make well known films.
Their budgets range from £4,500,000 -
£10,000,000. We would aim to be at the lower end
of their budget for our film.
23. TITLES.
In our first opening sequence, we lacked any
titles, however, for the second draft, we want to
put titles on a black screen between the events in
the opening sequence.
This will stall the suspense and put the audience
on edge, which is one of our main aims.
We will stagger our titles as this will make the
audience pay more attention to each individual
title on screen.
26. TITLES OF ‘ROSEMARY’S BABY’
The font style and colour are somewhat unusual as it does not link
with anything in the movie. This could be down to the time the film
was made. During the 60s technology was not as developed.
However the fact that its so uncommon for a Horror/Thriller, makes
it unique and unpredictable.
• Baby pink colour,
however symbolises the
innocence of Rosemary’s
character.
•Similarly, our main
character also possesses
a sense of innocence.
This has inspired us to use a font not normally associated with
Thrillers to make it as unpredictable as possible.
27. TITLES OF STEPHEN KING’S ‘IT’ ‘IT’
Titles And Credits of Stephen King’s
The bright red symbolises
The title of the film is the
blood and gore therefore
only text in this colour
attracting the target
(bright red) and font style.
audience as it is common
in Horror/Thrillers.
The small cuts and slits
This makes the title stand within the letters emphasis
out from the rest of the text the violence in the movie as
highlighting the significance they represent stabs and
of the ‘IT’ character to scratches.
intrigue the audience.
28. TITLES OF OUR OPENING
SEQUENCE
We want the titles and credits of our opening
sequence to fade in and out.
This is because it creates an eerie effect and
symbolises the way the ghost in the movie appears
and disappears.
Our titles will only come one screen during a time
when nothing significant is happening as to not
distract the audience from any important parts of
the sequence.
