Pitch

We had to pitch our idea to the rest of the class to get feedback and understand what our target audience think of our idea.

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This is the script we used to present our idea:

Esther – We want to create a psychological horror opening title sequence. We have carried out research such as analysis of past student examples of horror sequences, existing horror title sequences, horror film posters and the conventions of the horror genre to ensure that our sequences supports the features of the this genre. Our target market is teenagers and our sequences should appeal to this audience. As teenagers ourselves we should be able to understand what this audience will enjoy. For the storyline we are developing we need a small cast of four and we would like to find an original soundtrack for the sequence, either from copyright free websites or contact with an unsigned artist.

Megan – We have carried out market research in preparation for the creation of this sequence. We made an online questionnaire which contained questions about favourite genres of film and other similar topics. From the results of this questionnaire we chose our target audience and genre. We also found a pre –existing online poll which contained a list of popular film title sequences. We analysed these sequences to try and see what it was that made them so popular and we hope to incorporate some of these features in our sequence.

Esther – The storyline we are developing at the moment is about a seemingly normal family. The sequence would begin with our main character, a teenage girl waking up in the morning. Using convention of the genre we would hint at something not quite normal, jump cuts and eerie music or cut away’s to letters from a psychiatrist. The character would interact briefly with her sister and mother but at the end of the sequence, when mentioning her sister to the mother, her mother would reveal that she has no sister and a cut to her sister covered in blood would end the sequence. We want to titles to appear subtly and superimpose the shots throughout.

Megan – Our idea is loosely based on the psychological disorder Schizophrenia- which we may suggest that the main character has/shows symptoms of. We have done some research into Schizophrenia for our opening sequence. Symptoms include hallucination -in this case it will be her sister, behaviour changes, delusions and the inability to distinguish between their imaginings and reality. The idea of imaginary friends or personas is not something that is uncommon within horror films and by including this within our film opening, we will be conforming to the Horror genre. Other horror films that feature imagined personas are ‘The Shining’, ‘Don’t look under the bed’ and ‘The Exorcist’.

Esther – The theme of Schizophrenia and furthermore the idea of imagining a persona also exists in the psychological thriller/horror ‘Psycho’. In which Norman Bates, believes his dead mother is still alive and even goes as far as taking on her own personality. This story is based on events within the life of Ed Gein, an infamous murderer, whose life has also influenced other horror films such as ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, ‘Leatherface’, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and the character of ‘Bloody Face’ from the second series of ‘American Horror Story’.

Megan – Here is a list of the minimum requirements that we know we will need to make the sequence we have planned. This should cover all elements of the production of our sequence.

Esther – This is how we will get all of our requirements needed to make our sequence, most of which are already available to us excluding cast and music which we will find online.

Megan – So what now? From here we plan to create a story board, shooting script and script. We will then practice the horror make up and lighting. Then we will use casting call to cast our sequence and contact the actors we will choose. From there we plan to shoot the sequence, find copyright free music and edit the sequence. Thank you.