Our Production Logo!!

Our Rouge Film Production Logo:

First step we went onto google and found the red sort of printed background, which we then pasted onto the background of our logo. We then added the text "Rouge Film" which was originally coloured black. Then we again went on google and found the black vines. We placed the vines under the writing, where we then realised that the writing should be white to help it show up more and stand out. We chose the name 'Rouge Film' as it was a sophisticated name, yet it had a sinistar vibe to it. When people see this they could think it looks romantic but we chose certain elements to make it look more scary and gives off a unsure vibe to the audience who may see this. We used the Blur tool on the black vines to smudge them into the background more to stop them from being as sharp, and we also smudged the writing just a little but we felt it was too soft and didn't stand out so much so we sharpened it.

To complete our logo, we used the burn and dodge tool to manipulate our background. Our background already had dark and light red tones, but we decidede to enhance those patches by making them even darker/ lighter by using the tools. We also used the pucker and bloat tool to both shrink the writing and vines in some areas, and make them bigger in other spots.

We feel that we achieved a thriller look and kept the production logo research into consideration., using similar techniques and colour themes. 

Risk Assessment of Location!

Above if the risk assessment for our location of Poolmans Park in Windsor. We have listed all the possible risks ors hazards that could disrupt or even cause rescheduling for filming our opening sequence. We have listed the date in which we will be filming, 3rd MArch 2012, The risk, the level of risk and also how this risk or hazards can be avoided. We think this will be a big help to us while we are filming as if there are any hazards on set we would have to potentially put off filming which causes schedule delays and a risk of not meeting our deadline.

Mise-en-Scene Elements in our Opening Sequence!

Mise-en-scene is a very important factor of a movie or TV show, it can send the audience symbols or representations by the use of Costume, Makeup, Props, Lighting and Location. Here is the mise-en-scene elements our opening sequence will include:

Lighting:
The lighting for our opening sequence will be ambient to ensure that it is as naturalistic as possible. We understand that it could be an issue in some cases especially if we start losing late towards the end of the day. This will however be solved by us working as quickly as possible and close to mid-day. However if this is an issue on the day we can always change the lighting on Final Cut pro, which we will be doing for certain clips anyway!

Location:
For our location, as it is seen posted in our Location Recce, we have chosen to use a park, as this fits in perfectly with our storyline. We chose a park that was quite secluded where not many people visit especially because if people are there we may not be able to film as permission is needed for other people to be on camera. The park is also quite open so lighting can pore into the park, hopefully making it brighter, however it is next to a forest which could restrict lighting from some angles but works perfectly with our opening sequence storyline.

Costume and Makeup:
We did a separate post on the use of our Costume and Makeup to ensure we added enough detail. It can be found at this link:
http://foundationportfoliowg3.blogspot.com/2012/02/face-charts-and-costume-for-our.html

Props:
We tried to keep props at a minimum in opening sequence because they are a hassle to keep track of and look after, especially if we want to ensure we keep the opening sequence naturalistic. We decided to use a Crossword and pencil and Fake blood. The cross word and pencil is for the Older man character to do while he is sitting on the bench, this stops him from looking so suspicious, and the Blood is to go on our Child Victim Characters knee as she falls over. We will have to ensure props look realistic, especially the blood, but also that they are out of  the way from people as they could stop the opening sequence from looking professional, especially if it is in one shot then cuts to another and its gone for example.

By going into further depth of our mise-en-scene it helps us to understand more and realise the potential risks in each part of mise-en-scene, but does however help us to feel prepared and confident going into production of our opening sequence!

Genre Moodboard!

This moodboard is a creative way of showing what our sub-genre is all about, which is a Psychological Thriller. It also includes pictures that are specific to our own opening sequence rather than just the sub-genre as a whole. We also inluded some examples of films that fit out sub genre. As it is shown we included picture related to people mostly, we did also included some typical locations of our films as well as ones specidic to our opening sequence. This is just a fun and more creative way in showing some more of our ideas and what we think is common in Psychological Thrillers!

Shotlist for our Opening Sequence!

Storyboard for our Opening Sequence!

Test Shots Analysis

To help us with filming our final opening sequence, we have taken some test shots to practice camera angles etc. and editing the shots. We didn't however practice every shot on our story board, we just chose to do the most difficult ones, so we don't struggle when we get to the real filming and editing.


Taking the Test Shots:
When taking the test shots, we didn't go to the location of which our real opening sequence will be taken, we did however choose a park that was closer to school that had similar properties e.g. a bench next to the gate. We chose the shots from our story board that we presumed would be the most difficult to film and edit. The first one is of the man's lap when the girl shouts "come on" in the background. The second one was the high speed pan around the man showing his shoulders and above. The third was the zooming out of the man's face in stages with a black screen in between each shot. The second and third shots were the most difficult for their own reasons... The second shot was hard to film as there were obstacles in the way of the camera crew when trying to manoeuvre around the person, keeping the camera as steady as possible, whilst having to fit through tiny gaps and bins being in the way! The third was quite difficult to keep the camera in a straight line as we were zooming to keep the person's face the centre of the frame the whole time. The first shot wasn't to difficult to shoot as it was just an over the shoulder shot that was static and lasted only a few seconds.


Editing the Test Shots: luckily we didn't have to edit the first shot so that doesn't apply to editing. The second shot on the other hand was most difficult to edit. We had to speed up the shot to a specific pace to make it seem urgent and fightening.

Test Shots

Our Thriller Opening Sequence Test Shots:

Production Company Logo Analysis!!

This is the logo for Black Camel Production company.

Layout:

The layout of this production company is very basic. It simply has a Camel silhouette in the middle with the writing trailing over the image. The background is red which contrast against the Black of the writing and camel. However the word camel is in white to stand out from the camel image. The main image is central in the logo, but the text trails off the centre to Centre left and right. The colours in this logo are very strong colours and stand out very well.

Iconography:
The image of the camel’s silhouette goes literally with the title of the production company of Black Camel. It was probably chosen to make a literal statement of the company name. The colours could represent the genre of movies they make.

Font
The font of this production company varies in different size letters but they are all in capitals. Most of the lettering is black, to stand out from the red background, while the middle word 'Camel' is in white to stand out against the black if the camel silhouette.

This is the logo for the production company "Hammer Films".

Layout:

The layout of this production company is much more complex than the other logo above. IT is a black background with what looks like a 'Steel' shape in the centre which could slightly represent a rounded hammer shape, but it is not exact. The wording is inside the 'Steel Bubble' along with a 'Waxy' looking mini-logo. All of the colours complement each other and are basic. The same colours are used in this logo as the "Black Camel" one; however the white is replaced with silver. The logo is Central on the black background but reaches out towards Centre Left/Right and up.


Iconography:
Like mentioned above the main shape could represent a rounded hammer just as the name is, but to make it look fully like a hammer it would have to be decreased on the right side. As the colours are quite strong yet dark, it could show the genre of the type of films they produce, this could lead under Horrors, Thrillers and Action movies. The Central logo of the Red 'Wax' looking, slightly squared oval, is very powerful and is something that could be recognisable or familiar and memorable.


Font
The font of this production company is all the same size, it looks quite broken up even though there is the same amount of space between each letter. This could be due to the fact the writing is very square, straight and prominent in the logo. IT looks as though the font has some shading around the letters as it gives the appearance of 3D lettering, almost as if the letters have been cut out of the steel.

From both of these logos it is evident that the main colours used as Black, White, Red and possibly Silver. We can bare this in mind when creating our own logo for a production company. It is also seen in these logos that even though they are fairly simple, the first one being simpler than the other, they both are very striking and strong which is something else we could consider as a group.

Location Recce!!

 This is the alley way on the otherside of the entrance to the park, this is where the man will take the child away down this entrance.

 Here is the bench where we will film behind where the suspicious man is sitting watching the little girl play. This is in the 1st scene.

 This is the veiw from the bench where the man will be sitting.

 Here are the stepping stones where the young girl will play on and fall over.

 This is just another veiw that the man sitting on the bench will be seeing. It was taken from the top of the climbing frame.

 This veiw was taken from the top of a climbing frame this just shows another angle of the park.

 This was one of the options of the benches in the park, we chose not to go with this bench as the bench nearer to the entrance was better for filming.

 This is the entrance to the car park, where the mother will enter the park and run out the park to her car.

This is the entrance to the park taken from the car park.

Face Charts and Costume For Our Characters!!

As part of Mise-En-Scene, Makeup and Costume can play a big part in a movie. Costume can helps the audience to identify someones personality, occupation or even social class. Makeup, just like costume, can also help you define someones personality or social class, however makeup and costume are not particularly obvious to the audience but it is a great way of getting subtle hints across.

We decided that we  would make Face Charts and Costume sketches to help us in defining our characters more. Below is some pictures and descriptions on why we have decided on these choices:

This is our first face chart and costume sketch which is for our 'Old Man On Bench'.

In terms of outfit we chose fairly dark colours, although it doesn't show that on picture because of a flash, which represents/reflects his dark intentions in the scene. It is also an outfit suiting for his age of about 40-50, Simple shirt and sweater vest, Chinos and Brogues. This is a stereotype that conforms with all other movies of the same genre and concept as ours. So we thought this was very fitting. As for makeup, we will use shading to emphasise his wrinkles and stippling sponges to add the effect of stubble. Unfortunately we had to cast a man of 17 to play this character so makeup will play a huge role in our Male character. He will also have out of control eyebrows and glasses which could reflect his attitude to the way he looks. This also conforms to some of the stereotypes we researched about.

This is our second face chart and costume sketch which is for our 'Mother'.

In terms of outfit for our Mother character we kept it very simple and clean, this is because the mother is not the main focus of the particular scene so we do not feel she should be wearing amazing clothes. We decided a plain top, probably long sleeve, and jeans with converse/trainers would be good as it is not too done up and is something any 'Older' mother would wear, this outfit also appear to be quite common with lots of Motherly film roles. We kept makeup at a minimum as It conforms to the stereotypes we looked into, but we also decided on shading to make her face appear gaunt as if she is tired which could link on into the further storyline beyond the opening scene.

This is final character sketch for the character of the 'Daughter-Victim'. A face chart was not needed for this character as she is young and doesn't need to wear makeup in our opening scene.

The outfit we decided on for the Little Girl in our scene was again basic and conformed to stereotypes we had seen in other movies, most of the children were kept very "Children-like" and didn't really wear fashionable clothes, we chose a white long sleeve top, jean skirt, white tights and little dolly shoes. We chose a white top and white tights to show the child's innocence as white is seen as purity and a skirt was chosen as it is a typical girly piece of attire. We wanted to keep our character looking as 'childish' as possible because if she was wearing slightly older looking clothes it would not conform to our concept of movie. As mentioned above makeup is not needed for the little girl. This is because she has a young youth-full face to begin with but also because in our opening sequence we don't not see the young girls face because it matches with the end of the storyline.

As a group we based all of these character facecharts and ourfit sketches on previous research we had done, paying close attention to character costume and how it reflects personalities and subtle hints in movies. This will hopefully help us to understand our characters more and hopefully the audience will take notice of the costumes to help identify what might happen in the following shots or storyline.



Past Student Work Analysis and Marking!

The Candidate.

 In this past student example, it is shows that it is a opening sequence by the use of the opening credits placed over the action happening on screen. It also doesn't give a lot of information about the actual storyline leaving an Enigma at the end, making the audience curious and asking questions about the main character, Who's blood was he washing blood off his hands? What was making him rush getting ready? It makes the audience intrigued to find out what will happen next.

Camerawork-

Many close up shots were used throughout the whole opening sequence, which could show the attention to detail that the man could be taking after he may or may not have committed a murder, showing how he is covering it up thoroughly, this could indicate that it is a crime thriller. Other close ups are used on his face especially when he realises someone else is in the house, this shows his urgency for getting ready quickly. There was an over-shoulder shot at the beginning which establishes the location of being in the bathroom as through the mirror you can see a shower, toothbrushes etc. it also shows the man cleaning himself up including his face again indicating he is covering up a murder of some short. There is also an over the shoulder shot when the man is getting dressed and is sorting out his tie in the mirror, this could show the urgency of how fast he is of getting ready but also, again, his attention to detail by checking his tie and making sure he looks OK, it also makes the audience question why he is so worried if he looks OK? Which could link to how it is a crime thriller!

Editing-

The clip starts with a black screen with only sound clips placed over the top, this instantly puts the audience on edge as it makes them think they are waiting for something bad to happen.Throughout the whole sequence the shots are mostly short shot duration, it cuts from shot to shot fairly quickly and most of the shots are close up, which could be the attention to detail. However when the music gets faster and the man realises someone else is in the house the shots become even shorter which shows the urgency of the man, however there is the occasional long shot duration even after the pace picks up which could indicate that he is not that bothered about being caught, making the audience assume he might be guilty of something- a murder. When the pace started to pick up the close-up shots of the man getting ready were sped up to appear as if the man is getting ready faster than normal, this is just a technique to keep the pace of the clip fast and in time with the music.

Sound-

At the beginning of the opening sequence, on the blank black screen, we hear the sound of gun shots which is diagetic as it then links into the clip as it goes straight to a man washing blood off his hands. From then all of the background music is non-diagetic and is used to set the mood. Very eery and sombre music is used to set the atmosphere of what the man has done to be washing blood of his hands, enigmas are used throughout this whole sequence. At 0:28 in the clip, a different track has obviously been layed over top of the original one which added some more pace to the clip as it was fairly slow to begin with this same track carries on until 1:19 when the sound of a door opening is introduced, it is diagetic as the man onscreen hears it and starts the panic. At the dame time the music picks up to a very fast beat which is parallel to what is happening on screen. This soundtrack again stays the same until we see a door opening which is when the music stops and another diagetic sound is introduced of a women saying "James?" It then goes silent and into the title which shows up with the sound of a sombre 'Bang' indicated that it is a dark and serious movie which could link into the crime thriller genre.

Mise-En-Scene-

Costume- The only costume we see is the mans suit while he is getting ready throughout the whole clip, we mainly see his tie, shirt and trousers which could indicate a very important job or a job interview, linking in with the title- The Candidate, that he is going to.

Lighting- Nearly all of the lighting in the clip is ambient lighting, which indicates the location of a home, the opening clip of the man in the bathroom is fairly low lighting with blue/grey tones, which could indicate him being guilty for committing a murder, especially as he is washing blood off of his hands. When the clip is then moved into a bedroom the lighting is much high lighting with warmer tones, this could show him covering up his tracks getting ready for the day as if nothing has happened, it could also show that it might be early in the morning with the warm tones representing sunrise.

Location- This can be established by the lighting showing he is in a home (See Lighting above)

Props- Mainly his only props throughout are the mans costume pieces which fits the whole opening sequence together of him getting ready, however towards the end we see a clean gun and a passport, this could almost secure with the audience he has committed a murder or he will, it could also indicate him being in a possible private police investigation team, nevertheless that is probably unlikely.

In my opening from what I have seen in the opening sequence i would class this film as a crime thriller as it involves possible murder, shown through the detail in the camerawork and props (Gun/Passport), it is also very fast paced meaning it could have some conventions o an action thriller through the editing and the sound.


Marking This work:
From looking at the marking critera of this unit i would mark this piece of work as a Top mark level 3.
My reasoning for this is that it shows a lot of the technical skills within the work, it conveys meaning and clearly shows the genre of the opening sequence.

Sub-Genre Opening Sequence Analysis!!

Psychological Thriller: Black Swan.
Total Opening Sequence Time: 2:55

This opening sequence follows these generic conventions:

Introduction to the character type: Girl doing ballet and Male dancer in all black.

Introduction to theme tune: Swan Lake Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Indication of place/ location: Dark Stage area with spotlight.

Film Title: Black Swan.

Information on Distribution company: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Studio Information: Phoenix Pictures

Micro-Areas that contribute to the Sub-genre Conventions:

Mise-en-Scene:

Costume: Mid-length ballet dress which later changes to a shorter ballet dress. This tells the audience what the main theme in the movie will be.

Lighting: Lighting is mostly low throughout whole of opening sequence except for a spot light on the Girl and Man dancing and on the girls face. This could show that she is on a stage performing, could show the audience that it will be a 'Dark' movie. The lighting changes when we see her lying in bed, realising it was actually a dream. It is still quite low lighting but with an orange glow that resembles sunrise.

Location: This is defined by the lighting- On Stage then in her bedroom.

Sound:

The only sound used in the opening sequence was the Swan Lake theme which was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in the time of 1875–1876. This played throughout the whole sequence and depending on the action on screen, occasionally picked up pace or slowed the pace. It is most likely that it was diagetic while the female was dancing, but as the same music continued on into when she is waking up from her dream it switches to non-diagetic.

Camera-Work:

There were a few long shots in this clip and they were used mostly in the beginning and when the two people were dancing. This could have been to establish the theme and general concept of the movie, it also allowed the audience to have a full body shot view of what was happening while they were dancing.

As well as long shots being used to show the dancing between the two characters there were also medium shots used, which gave the audience a better look at the emotion on the dancers face plus showed upper-body movements closer up.

Close up shots were used in this sequence, especially on the female dancers face and feet as she was dancing. This showed the fact she was a ballet dancer, from her pointe shoes, and also showed the emotion on her face while she was dancing.

It is likely a steady-cam was used to catch all of the dancing as it followed pretty much every dance move.

Editing:
Cuts were used to get to another camera angle. Long shot duration was used as it let the audience watch the dancing for a pro-longed time, which also kept the movie very fluid rather and graceful like a ballet dancer. Just before the girl woke up from her dream it faded to black just like if your dream was ending as you wake up.

This opening sequence contained no information on cast and crew which is unlike any other movie. To look further in detail to see if this was the only kind of movie that did this, I looked into another Psychological Thriller to see if this was a convention in this genre of opening sequence.

Psychological Thriller: Shutter Island.
Total Opening Sequence Time: Between 0:40-1:10.

This opening sequence follows these generic conventions:

Introduction to the character type: Man called Teddy who is obviously scared of water.

Introduction to theme tune: Fog Tropes composed by Ingram Marshall 

Indication of place/ location: On a Boat on the way to Boston Harbour.

Film Title: Shutter Island

Information on Distribution company: Paramount Pictures

Studio Information: Phoenix Pictures

Micro-Areas that contribute to the Sub-genre Conventions:

Mise-en-Scene:

Costume: Beige Trench Coat, Smart Shirt, Gun Holder. This indicates a Federal position of authority which was recognised from when the film is set, 1954. 

Lighting: Lighting is fairly dim as we see the boat emerge from the fog which could show the boat is potentially going to a dim place that is barely visited. Lighting is ambient in the boat and is fairly low but bright enough so the audience are able to see what is going on. This could indicate a neutral approach to the movie, where anything can happen.

Location: This is shown through the text that shows just after the opening credits were it shows "Boston Harbour, 1954" on a black background. We then see a boat emerge from fog which again indicates the location.

Sound:

The Sound used in the opening sequence is called Fog Tropes composed by Ingram Marshall. It starts out non-diagetic as the opening credits roll but as the action comes on screen and the fog horn sound starts that then becomes diagetic but the background music that goes with the fog horns stays non-diagetic. There are also ambient sounds such a shuffling of the feet which indicates the characters nervousness and water that the character is putting on his face to calm himself down.

Camera-Work:

A lot of the camera work in the opening sequence is Close up shots this could show how nervous the character is about being in a boat. This is also defined by the dialogue of the character ("Its only water... a lot of water!" ). An over the shoulder camera angle is used when "Teddy" is looking in the mirror telling him to pull his-self together. This tells the audience of part of the narrative and how the character is feeling. 

Editing:
Cuts were used to get to another camera angle, which is common in all TV and Movies. Short shot duration was used which may show, again, the characters nervousness about the water.

Just like Black Swan, Shutter Island contains no information of Cast and Crew. They simple both say the Distribution Company, Studio name and Title. This may be a common convention in Psychological Thrillers that myself and the group may have to consider using to fit into the genre conventions.



Possible Titles for our Opening Sequence

Below are a list of names that we think would fit our storyling:
- Sifted Ashes
- Anxiety
- Alex (unisex name for a child)
- 7:36
- Playback
- Palindrome
- Abducted

Although we all thought these names were a possibility, we all agreed that Paiges suggestion of calling it "Missing Imagination" was most appropriate. We think this is suitable as the woman is imaginaing the majority of the opening sequence, but she believes that it is reality (as if she thinks her imagination doesn't exist.

Past Student Work Analysis

Playground.

Can you illustrate the elements which make the sequence an opening?
- At the begining on the clip before showing the sequence there was a quick advert saying 'Purity Film'
and when you start seeing the clip there isnt any music exept heavy breathing then it goes black and white to show that the boy is having a dream and then it say 'purity films prsents'. At 14 seconds thretening music comes in to show something is bad is happening. At 35 seconds it says 'Mitchell Screams Production' At 43 seconds they introduce the sequences title 'PlayGround'.
Analyse the four micro areas of the opening in relation to genre. e.g. how can the audience establish the genre through sound?
-The sound is non-diagetic at the beginging as the boy is just heavy breathing untill the music cuts in then the sounds are diagetic. The other non diagetic sound is the swings and the footsteps and scream.
The camera work is quite simple alot of it is handheld as this is a tension builder, they use a little girl in the sequence and a young man but you dont see their faces.
The mise-en-scene, the outfits were normal outfits for a little girl and a man, the little girl was carrying a teddy as a prop. There location was a park which was empty, then they used a narrow path into a woodlen bit, which was hidden.
When looking at the Marking Criteria i decided that i would give this video a level 3, as all the points labled to gain a level 3 this video had reached.

Opening Sequence Pitch- Hannah, Paige & Nellie

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This is the powerpoint presentation we created to explain the first ideas for our opening sequence and the reasoning behind it.
After we presented this as a group our peers and Miss Kalem gave us feedback. Here is what they told us:

Negatives!
We did not have a title for our movie.
We might struggle with time management.
We need to think carefully about actors who will play our characters.
It is a very simple idea, but from how we explained our opening sequence it will hopefully not be boring.

Positives!
The presentation was detailed in most areas.
"Excellent individual roles"
Good how we based our characters on other film characters of same genre and concept.
Mentioned good conventions of our genre!

Target Audience Profile!

To establish our Target Audience I have done Primary research and Secondary research to establish who will want to watch our type of movie, which is a Psychological Thriller.


Primary Research-
For our Primary research we too the time to ask about 10 people a series of questions we made up to get a general idea on our target audience. Some of the questions we asked were Age? If they enjoy thriller movies and also to be specific to our movie type, if they would be comfortable watching a controversal psychological thriller? We generalised the findings and we here are our findings:
Gender- Mixed, equal amount of males and females.
Age- All generally between the ages 15-20, however there was the a few 30-40 yr olds.
Occupation- Mostly Students.
Hobbies- There were many that enjoyed being with friends, meeting new people, playing sports and also gaming, but there was a wide range of hobbies.
If they watch thriller movies? Most said yes, however there were a few who didnt. Some peoples favourite Thrillers were Shutter Island, Creep and Catch me if you can.
Do they life Psychological Thrillers? Again most people said yes but there was a few people who didnt. Some peoples favourites were Shrooms, Black Swan, Inception and Shutter Island.
Would they be uncomfortable watching a controversal thriller? Most people said no or maybe but it depends on the content and whether it is very graphic.

Here is a picture of 2 males and 2 females answers:

Secondary Research-
The typical target audience for our genre would be a BBFC rating of 18, reaching out to both males and females equally. This is because they could possibly include a lot of violence and obviously psychological issues which can be disturbing and confusing for younger viewers.
Our target audience for our genre will be a BBFC rating of 15. This is because the storyline may be slightly confusing for anyone under this age. It does not contain much violence, horror or sexual scenes but the running theme of the story is fairly controversal and would not be suitable for a lower age rating of 12. Our movie will also be reaching out to both males and females equally.
Some Films with a similar target audience as ours are:
‘Memento’ directed by Christopher Nolan
'Se7en' directed by David Fincher
'Silence of the Lambs' directed by Jonathon Demme

From the research we have conducted, we feel much more confident in going into the production of our Opening sequence because we know exactly who we are making the opening sequence for and what kind of people would be interested in watching our movie!

Sub Genre Opening Sequence.

The 4 Technical Area's Of a Psychological Thriller!

Camera Work
There are many close ups in a Psychological Thriller, this shows the urgency and the panic in someones face, sometimes you can even see people who are sweating this shows again they are nervous. There are also low angles to show power and usually low angles if the person is an Antagonist and usually a high angle if the person is a Protagonist.  There are also long shots to show everything that happens on screen so the audience catch everything that happens. It also gives a good veiw of the characters.

Mise-en-sceneThe Locations for thriller movies can be various of places depending on the story line, for instance a thriller on children could be set near a school or a park, some places are set in homes, many are set in the city as police are usually involved. There is always a quiet hidden place where the Antagonist lives, however in the 'lovely bones' this challenges the stereotype as the antagonist lives next door to his victim, and is just a normal man, giving off no vibe.
Costume in the 'lovely bones' the man in that film is dressed as a normal man, so nobody was sucpicious that he was infact a peadophile, his costume was just everday wear, he didnt make it noticable he was a suspect of 'sexual abuse', this was becuase his body language wasnt anxious to everybody else he was just an average man. In one of the scenes there is police who come around to this mans house to just ask questions, and he hides the young girls necklace (the one who he raped and killed) in a dolls house, this is props.

Editing

There will be lots of short cuts and quick transitions to each character especially in tense moments there will be 2 shots and short shot durations to each persons face to show there facial expression. There also many be Jump cuts to make some of the scenes faster for instant in 'lovely bones' there a jump cut when the man is taking the girls body to the river.

Sound.There is lots of non-diagetic sounds in pyscological thrillers such as
-door creeks
- children laughing
-breathing
-screams
-footsteps

Potential Sub-Genre?!

As a Potential sub-genre for our opening sequence, we decided to look further into the Psychological Thriller Genre.Psychological is one of the more hybrid sub-genres as it often incorporates elements from the Drama genre, the Mystery genre and occasionally the Horror genre, which also go particularly well with some psychological horrors.

Pyschological Thrillers focus on the elements that are related to the mind they are of mental rather than physical nature. Sometimes in movies the suspense comes from within one solitary character where characters must resolve conflicts and confusions with their own minds. It is mostly an effort to understanding something that has happened to them.
This genre focuses very much on the character rather than the plot like a traditional thriller. It is the more prefered Thriller sub-genre as it can involve the viewers, this is because the plot and characters in the performance are usually the key to figuring out what the characters are battling against.

We think that this would make a good sub-genre to choose for our opening sequence as it is a very engaging genre and really makes us, the viewers, think about what could be happening in the plot. It is also a very popular genre so people would be quite intrested in seeing it. Especially if it is a controversal theme or subject matter!