The Beginning...

This post is officially the date where my group and I start our project! I am so excited to finally be beginning my research and film opening. We aren’t going to be producing anything yet, but at least we can start planning and thinking of ideas. I’m looking forward for these next few weeks and I hope this project turns out amazing.

RESEARCH:

This is debatably one of the most important parts of our project because it will give us the necessary information that we need to create a well developed film opening. The first thing I will research is genre and this is because in order to make a story we need to base it off a specific category. The group and I have all decided to go with horror. We would want horror because we believe that we could make a very interesting film opening with different shots and editing techniques. To better understand this genre I used different cases studies.

Horror:

For this genre I chose Insidious (2010) and The Conjuring (2013) because they are both very iconic pieces that includes many of the common aspects that this genre requires. During my research I came across a Prezi presentation that explained all the common characteristics of a horror film. This includes the presence of death, isolated settings with mystery, and a form of a hero, victim, and villain. This was useful because if I were to choose horror I would definitely include some sort of victim and a mysterious/ scary villain.

       



Insidious- This is considered a very well known horror movie and this is mainly due to the elements used. These include dark environments, a mysterious setting (haunted house), a victim and villain, and includes spirits and demons to resemble more fear. These all work together to create a well developed horror film because all of these establish creepy vibes, which is an iconic part that all horror films must have.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The Conjuring- This is a film directed by James Wan and is characterized as a horror film. Like the last film, this one also includes many of the aspects of horror films from dark locations to spirits. This film is about a family living in an isolated farm house who are experiencing paranormal activity.                                             






Sources:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/
https://prezi.com/hmd048pyis0h/conventions-of-horror-genre/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Insidious_poster.jpg/220px-Insidious_poster.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Conjuring_poster.jpg/220px-Conjuring_poster.jpg