Planning : Potential Openings

These are our ideas on our teen horror movie opening ideas based on our target audience, to attract their interest.

Our opening ideas

In opening one we based it on the second opening of Wrong Turn because we thought that it was more effective and scary, than a murder and running away, because it's not what you can see its more about what you can't see fully that makes you anxious. We decided to have quick editing of different shots and that we'll add over on top a recording of one person speaking an exorcism and for diegetic there will be laughter and the sound of fire crackling when the pictures are on fire.
We also plan to use things used to show the presence of a demon so things like a devil's trap - otherwise known as a heptagram or pentagram. The Heptagram devil's trap is composed of two pentacles from the Lesser Key of Solomon that form a heptagram.The pentagram devil's trap is the one most commonly seen, and is a simplification of the Grand Pentacle.















Opening two more more horror based, very action filled. For this opening the tension will need to be built up and lots of horror codes and conventions used to scare the audience. So the opening will non-diegetic sound of creepy, unsettling violin music, false scares, darkness and by using flickering lights we can convey the supernatural feeling in the film, that there's more than just a girl causing dark events.




 

Opening 3 is a calm and simple opening where not a lot happens, mainly just a calm slow opening to build up tension for later on, contrasting greatly to the second opening where everything seemed to be happening. We decided to do this for our third opening because we thought we might need a tame opening that’s build tension, rather than coming in full horror and use the cliché running away from bad guys opening that a lot of people use.