The document provides details about an opening film sequence created by several students. It includes sections written by Joanne, Gledis, Abigail, and Vera describing their individual film assignments and ideas for the collaborative opening sequence. The sequence combines elements of horror, thriller, and supernatural genres. It will focus on a character who discovers strange events in her new home, linked to the history of the property as a former mental institution. The opening scene depicts the character researching this history and encountering disturbing sights and sounds, leaving clues about the vengeful ghost's backstory and foreshadowing future hauntings.

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

2. Joanne.
 For my Assignment 8 project, I obtained a grade .
 The skill I bring to the group is my imagination and
quick thinking to solve problems and contribution to
concepts and ideas.
 Some targets I have made for myself are to:
 Add more visuals to my work and use less words.
 Sometimes go into greater depth with my explanations.

3. Gledis.
 In assignment 8 I received a grade.
 From this assignment I leant:
 How to apply elements and ideas used in other films and
opening sequences to my own opening sequence. I also learnt
the significance of making my opening sequence appealing to
my target audience.
 The skills that I bring to the group are :
 Creativity
 My attention to detail and perfectionism
 My ambition to get things done
 Targets that I have set myself are:
 It is very important to organise my slides and information
neatly so that they are understood by my audience.
 It is essential that I include more images and diagrams rather
that too much text
 I must speak louder when presenting my work to an audience.

4. Abigail.
 I received a on Assignment 8.
 I learnt about the importance of props and makeup as
well as how to properly design a brainstorm.
 I bring creativity and organisation to my group. These
skills will be particularly useful when we make the
opening sequence.
 I want to improve the design of my presentation and
work on writing briefer sentences.

5. Vera.
 I received grade because I was missing a piece
of my presentation.
 What I learned from this assignment is that i need to
improve more on my PEE.
 The skills I bring to the group is my range of new ideas
to help make a good opening sequence.
 My targets to improve my individual presentation is to
obtain a grade C or above.

6. Joanne.
 My choice in theme was Thriller and my concept was
identity.
 My idea for my opening sequence was:
 An unknown main character who the audience knows
nothing about is shown.
 A second character who knows the identity of the unknown
character is shown.
 A dead body in a body bag is being dragged across the
floor.
 There is then an extreme close up of a woman screaming.
 A black out, followed by a woman being grabbed. (Taken)

7. Gledis.
 The theme of my opening sequence is the supernatural /discovery.
 The concept of my opening sequence is being haunted and
terrorised by ghosts and spirits.
 Main idea:
 The main character (a student) runs up the staircase to the top floor of the school.
(close up of feet running) A long shot from the end of the hallway of the character as
she reaches the top
 As she walks down the hallway, incoherent, but loud whispering can be herd coming
from the walls.
 In between shots flashing images of newspaper articles will appear revealing that the
school used to be a mental institution and something happened involving a patient.
 She continues walking. At this point the character is very frightened and shaking. All
the doors begin to slam by themselves. The students drops her folder from the
shock.
 She notices blood on a door knob, opens it with her sleeve and follows a trail of blood
to the cupboard door. As she opens the door, high pitched music to plays, what she
sees is not revealed you only see her reaction.

8. Abigail.
 The theme of my opening sequence is obsession and the concept
was the idea of serial killers.
 The office worker is working late at the office following the latest
murder. A colleague leaves them to it and exits the scene
 You see this from the killers POV who is silently watching from afar.
 The writer slowly starts to pack up and suspense building music will
start. As they close their office door and turn down a series of
corridors, a dark figure hides behind one of the corners and blocks
their way.
 A series of camera angles will be used to film the killer stabbing the
writer and as they die, the killer pulls out a camera to take a
picture.
 The final part of this opening sequence is a cut to the killer sitting
at a desk and printing the picture and carefully placing it in his
scrapbook and slowly closing it as the scene ends.

9. Vera.
 What went well is that I had a lot of images to support
my presentation and have improved more on my work.
It would’ve been even better if I included my PEE
structure.
 The film that inspired me is Precious because it has
abuse in it e.g. Sexual and emotional which helps a lot
because my chosen idea was drama.

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

11. Conventions of Horror...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/
Challenge
Saw Use – Close up
of the face so
that the viewer
can see the
terror in the
victims eyes.
Terror
The Human Use– Close up’s of
Centipede the victim’s face to
show terror.
They also let the
character and the
audience know
exactly what
would happen.
(Diagram
beforehand).

12. Conventions of Thrillers...
Conventions Example Image Use/Develop/C
hallenge
Fatal Use- Someone
Attraction becoming
obsessed after a
relationship
Challenge – using
a female as the
Stalkers/ stalker instead of
Obsession a male.
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.

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

14. My Inspirational Films
This film is inspirational
 Gothika
because of the scratch
marks and engravings
that the ghost leaves on
her arms is similar to the
idea we had about our
character waking up with
the same marks that the
ghost had when she
died.

15. My Inspirational Films
I found this movie
 Paranormal Activity
inspirational because
the characters used
their own camera to
document their
experiences, which I
thought would be a
good addition to our
opening sequence with
our character doing
the same.

16. My Inspirational Films
 The Grudge The ghost in this film
is trying to get
revenge for her
death, which is just
like with our film
where our ghost is
trying to avenge her
own death.

17. Location
 We have two 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
IMAGES
The desk that the character is
working at, when she hears
the noises coming from...

18. Location ...this wardrobe.
More images of the desk...

19. The television that’ll turn
Location
Another view of my itself.
on
the desk and her
working area.

20. Location
 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. Location
 The second location will be an office-like space or a
general area where the two characters can talk about
the supernatural events that are happening.
 I have yet to take pictures of an area that’ll be suitable
for this.

22. 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 Possession!
Vicious
identities
Ghouls Suspicious
circumstances
Unsuspecting Mysterious
Shocking
Someone who has
revelations
been wronged

23. 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
Mystery Cause
Decay
Supernatural
Life After
Death

24. Our New Idea!
 After feedback, we decided to do option 2 which was to
collaborate multiple ideas into one idea.
 We collaborated Gledis’ idea and Abigail’s idea and
then developed it further.
 And this is the product...

25. The whole film
 It starts with the opening sequence, where in conversation
with another character, the main character speaks of the
strange ghostly goings-on in her home.
 The main character slowly begins to find out information
about what her home was built on top of. She attempts to
inform her family and friends.
 The main character has a series of close encounters with
the ghost. Whilst sleeping she dreams of its life in the
mental hospital that was where her home was built.
 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, in a frenzy 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.

26. 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.

27. Narrative
 Our opening sequence has a linear narrative with
foreshadowing.
 The structure of the opening sequence will not
change, its all in one place and at one time. Also, our
character will be researching ghosts, a series of
hauntings etc which hints at what will happen
throughout the rest of the film.

28. Actor/Character Props/Costume
Gledis Character
The Others The Unborn
 This character meets stereotypes of a helpless Young girl who is haunted
by a ghost
 Some movies in which this is displayed are listed above.

29. Enigma
 The way we want to create enigma is through the
combination of sound and pace. The actress is never
calm which also keeps the audience on edge
 The end of the ending Leaves the audience wanting to
know why