How our planned opening fits with our Research

Codes/Conventions

• In our opening sequence we have set up many exciting blood rushing enigma's. The killer in our opening sequence is up to no good and is very mysterious, we wanted to end our sequence with the audience unsure of what is going to happen next in the story. We give them clues throughout but they don't actually get to see where the killer is off to next, but they are left with ideas. This is how our opening sequence connects with other horror and crime movies.
• We have many technical codes to relate to our genre throughout our sequence. For example we use POV shots for the killer, giving the audience a sense of insecurity. We also use many close ups and long shots for the detectives which is like other crime films because it's important to be able to know what they are investigating. We also use fast cuts near the end, which many horror movies use in their films. The use of sound bridges attract the audience and create a optimistic "3D" world.
• Also in our sequence there is a variety of lighting. We have filmed some daytime scenes, and some nightime scenes. This is because of the hybrid genre we have chosen. The nightimes scenes show the audience that it is party "horror" and the daytimes show it is party "crime. So we decided to have some jumpy scenes that attract the audience, but also some normal daytime ones to make it less boring and to introduce the good and more "hero" like characters, just like other horror or crime movies.
• The props used in our sequence relate to our genre and props theory. They include a knife, guns, map,article,gloves,glasses,hats,bag,mobiles,magnifine glass,body bag,coats. These relate to our characters and genre. The knife,guns and gloves relate to our chosen horror/crime genre and represent the ideologies within the opening sequence. The map,mobiles,hats,glasses and magnifine glass show that there is also crime within our sequence and are props used in most crime/horror movies. We tried our best to give off conventions and use many codes.
• The settings also are related to our genre. The forest,office,alley and house all give off different atmospheres and introduce key themes of our opening sequence. The forest gives off the theme of danger and relates to other horror films, as well as the alley with graffiti, relating to crime, our setting shows that our film is a crime and not just a horror. The house is a good opertunity to show the killer's personality and gives the audience a good idea of the things he gets up to in his everyday life. However, the office shows there is business within the opening sequence, and allow the audience to get to know the detectives. Also in our chosen location there is a train that goes by every 15 minutes, so therefore we will film that to show it is a slight busy area which juxsaposes with the quiet area that the girl wakes up in.
• We have used dark and light clothing, a variety really. The dark clothing used to show evil and a dark personality, however the lighter the cloth wear the more innocent the character, just like most horror movies do.
• Also the colour of the girl's hair as well as her age shows she is a typical dumb blonde victimised in the situation.
• We are going to show our title of the film at the end with credits running on black throughout.This creates interesting pauses throughout the sequence.
• We have used a written code by making an article. The article is about a missing girl which are used in many horror or crime movies, there is always some kind of unexpected written code within a film, so we decided to include this so the audience aren't sure if the girl has gone missing or dead.
• Throughout our opening we have titles running through it telling you who the producer, editor,sound producer, and director are. 

~Posted by Lauren