MY SLIDESHOW EVALUATIoN FOR MY GCSE MEDIA

2. I worked in a group of three with me,
Sophie Scott and Matthew Hart
 I took specific responsibility for the
storyline of the opening, the identity of
the production company and the audience
feedback of our film opening
 We made a thriller film opening entitled
Banshee
 The genre of our film paranormal/horror

3. In order to make a good opening I researched
existing horror films so I could get a good
feel of the project. Some of the films I
researched into were:
 Blair Witch Project
 Grave Encounters
 28 Weeks Later
These films gave me a feel of the horror genre,
on top of giving the group ideas for events
and camera angles in our film opening.

4. For film openings I used the website
www.theartofthetitle.com. This website was
very helpful to see what good horror movies
contain in their openings. I looked especially
deep into three movies:
 28 Weeks Later
 Zombieland
 Halloween
By watching these openings I could get ideas
for what my group could use in our horror
film opening. Camera angles and sound
effects were looked at specifically.

5.  Audience profile: our target audience is likely to be both
genders aged between 15-30, but more on the male side,
as the opening is of the horror genre.
 They are likely to have seen these films recently:
Halloween (dir. 2007)Zombieland (dir. Fleischer,2009),
Shutter Island (dir. Scorcese, 2010) Inception (2010,
Nolan), or other famous and recent horror films.
 They are likely to go to the cinema once or twice a month
as well as see films on DVD and downloads on their
computers at home
 Audience figures show how popular the horror genre is.
Box office returns for films similar to mine show the
following figures (source Box Office Mojo): Shutter Island
($294,803,014);
 On our next slide is our audience profile

7.  Opening - The opening itself is that of the horror genre. It includes a
false alarm, which will get the audience uneasy, but then make them feel
as they can relax, when actually there is more danger to come.
 Titles – Our title will have a moving background, with a dark scene. This
will give the audience a sense of unease from the very start of our film.
 Mise-en-scene (locations) – For our location we decided to use a local
park, as it gives an ‘innocent’ feel to our film when there is actually a
danger lurking in the place of innocence. By using a realistic location we
have made the audience almost believe that the events in our film
actually happened.
 Costumes – For our costumes most of the characters used general and
casual clothing as that was the role of which they were playing. The
banshee however wore a long, flowing night dress, and hair covering her
face to give a sense of mystery to the character. We also made the
banshee hold an old, battered and scruffy teddy bear to give her a bigger
look of innocence.
 SFX – For our sound effects we used a voice over when people were
talking in order to get a better sound when the audience are watching
and they can hear what is being said more clearly.

8.  Sound – We used a variety of sound effects including a heartbeat
sound for when one of the characters faints because of the
banshee. This sound will add tension.
 Music – We used certain music for our opening, that was that of
the horror genre. Our main music track is titled ‘Graveyard
Theme’ which is perfect as our film includes spirits and
paranormal events.
 Atmosphere – For our film we aimed to create an atmosphere
that was as tense as possible. We have used a slow, creepy
music, which will add to the atmosphere. We have also made the
majority of the opening darkened which will also create a scarier
look to the film opening.
 Suspense enigma – For our film opening suspense was key.
Without a certain degree of suspension the whole film opening
would not work. We made this through music, darkness and a
false alarm in the film opening.

9.  From these screenshots
taken from YouTube and
Facebook, the audience
feedback is easily shown
and you can see people’s
opinions on our film
opening.
 As the feedback is generally
positive, it shows that our
film opening was very
successful as a whole.

10.  Forthis project I feel like our film opening
went extremely well. By using a mix of
counter partings such as the white night
gown along with the teddy bear in one hand.
This created a ‘spooky’ effect within the
opening title sequence.

11.  Our project was slow to get going, but when
it got up and running I feel that it went quite
well. We used some good props in our
opening and the special effect used were
very good too. I feel like this film opening
will reflect well with the brief that we were
given at the start of the project.