Initial Ideas

      For the opening title sequence our genre will be Horror.  This is mainly due to our knowledge and being familiar with the genre. Also there are many aspects and views you can have without using the generic structure of a horror film. 

      We have had a small think about location, and around Weston there are a few desolate places. They include old, burnt down houses, including the very old Pier, yet also Churches, fields and graveyards. When looking around Yatton I happened to notice the old streetlights they have dotted around. This progressed to possibly having it set in old, dirty 18th Century. Yet of course costumes and hiding cars would be difficult. So I believe it may be a trip to Charity Shops to find old clothes we can 'rag up' to enhance the old dirty feel.

      A few films we have been looking at are 'Woman in Black'  - mainly due to the setting but the creepy hidden person (I am especially inspired by the scene where we are shown Daniel Radcliffe up against the window and we suddenly see a face appear behind him). Yet also I like the idea of the horror being more subtle and hidden almost, in The Omen.

      From the film, The Others, using an idea of an old family photo, or possibly just a young child I'd quite like to print it out in good quality when either having enhanced it and added something to it, or simply just scratching out the eyes. This could also work with a modern day photo, where something has been added in, something like a figure, or a shadow. I also recently watched Sinister and was rather drawn to the idea of freezing an image on a screen, the main character looking away, and the audience seeing the figure moving to look at us. 

     Stereotypically horror films involve a lot of panning and tracking shots, to emphasise the mood and setting, while including non diegetic sound as a sound bridge to create atmosphere. Also positioning is vital, and usually main characters are placed in the middle of the frame for filming. Their movement can either be frantic and erratic, or slow and calculated, all dependent on the situation.