The document discusses a student's work on a group project to create a thriller film opening called "Banshee". The student took responsibility for organizing props and locations as well as drawing the opening and title sequences. They used a nearby park and their classroom to film scenes and an old white nightgown to portray the ghostly banshee. Ambient sounds and music were used in the soundtrack to create tension. The opening utilized various camera angles and received positive feedback, making the project successful overall.

2. I worked in a group of three, with Matthew
and Aidan. I took specific responsibility
for organising the location and
organising the props needed for my
character and the character of the
creepy girl. I also took responsibility for
drawing the opening sequence and the
title sequence. We made a thriller film
opening called ‘Banshee’. The genre of
our film is thriller.

3. Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a film made entirely of handheld camera,
the hand held camera adds tension and suspense, the unclearness of
a hand held camera is quite un-nerving and this adds to the thriller
aspect of it. The film is about 3 students who go off hiking in the Black
Hills near Burkittsville to go searching for the Blair Witch. But the
students go missing, and the camera they used to film their expedition
is found a year later. The recovered footage is presented as the film.
The Ring
The Ring is a thriller, unlike the Blair Witch Project, the film
barely contains any hand held camera. The film is about
a tape which contains random and disturbing images.
After the characters watch the tape, they receive a
phone call from a young girl telling them they will die in
seven days.

4. Our target audience is likely to be both genders aged 18 or
above. They are likely to have seen these films recently:
Halloween (dir. 2007)Zombieland (dir. Fleischer,2009), Shutter
Island (dir. Scorcese, 2010) Inception (2010, Nolan), Sanctum
(dir. Cameron, 2011). They will probably visit the cinema 3-4
times a month, they may buy DVDs and/or download films
from their computers. Audience figures show how popular the
thriller /horror /action genre is. Box office returns for films
similar to mine show the following figures (source Box Office
Mojo): Shutter Island ($294,803,014).

5. The locations we used was simple but it was affective for our
opening. We used a nearby park to film the ‘banshee’, we
also used our classroom to film some shots of the banshee’s
face. The reason we used the park was because it provided
us with a swing in which we needed. We used our school
grounds to film the teenagers in the opening. Even though
park’s are meant for children to play in, we put it in our
opening because it adds eeriness to the atmosphere
because we’ve turned something so innocent into something
more terrifying.
The banshee wore an old white night gown, the white silkiness of
the night gown resembles that of a ghost, so we used it to
portray the ghostly qualities of our banshee.

6. The soundtrack for our opening, we used mysterious and ghostly
music accompanied with various ambient sounds such as the
heart beat and the rattle of the lock on the gate. The heart
beat gave us an idea that death would occur and the rattle
of the lock on the gate suggested the coldness of the
atmosphere.
We used many camera angles in our opening. We used a Dutch
Tilt which emphasised the eerie atmosphere. We also used a
Point Of View shot to make the audience feel as if they are in
the characters shoes.

8. I feel that overall, our film opening was quite successful. Being
one of the actors and editors, I made sure to experiment with
sounds and how they fitted the title sequence.
We used a variety of camera angles to create the atmosphere
and the sense of not knowing what was going to happen
next.
The sound effects we used weren’t originally planned but we
found they work well with the opening, we used them to
emphasise a sense of death and mystery.
We got successful feedback from internet sites and peers.

9. The project was very successful. We
managed to capture nearly all of the
codes and conventions of a
horror/thriller hybrid opening. We also
managed to obtain appropriate
feedback. We tried to use as many
camera angles as we possibly could. The
soundtrack was very important in
creating a