Film Opening Ideas

Prom Disaster:
My idea was the 'Prom Disaster' idea, in the first scene will be shot on a dolly walking down a school corridor - the camera will then stop and slowly approach a bloody hand print on the school wall - as the dolly approaches the blood print slow, creepy music will play and as the camera speeds up and reaches the blood print the music will fasten too and fade into a loud scream.

Next we will see a group of friends approaching the school ready for prom we will see the friends looking happy and excited for the night ahead, creating juxtaposition for the audience to the graphic blood hand print they were shown first of all. The friends will walk past the bloody hand print (at this point unaware as to why it is there) and begin to worry, however this will be shaken off as the decide it could just be a practical joke, however when they decide to carry on heading to prom through the corridor the music at the start will begin once again, and the back of a tall creepy man will be shown (his face will not be in shot - creating mystery) in his hand he will be holding a large weapon, perhaps a knife, dripping with blood - as he slowly starts to approach the prom door way. This could also be shot on a dolly.

Throughout the night one by one each friend will go missing, this will be shown through the use of fast pace shots and clips of teenagers screaming and blood splatters, creating tension and a thrilling atmosphere for the audience. It will end with the supposed killer's figure and a knife in their hand as the loud noise of a woman's scream calls out.

Human Dolls:
Fern's ( http://ferndisneyasmediag321.blogspot.co.uk) idea was to do Human dolls (the tilt is un-known at this moment): this opening will consist of a fast past, quick cuts from scenes to scenes back and forth- to tell the horror story in a mind thrilling way- making people from the start have to pay attention.

The first minute, will consist of human dolls moving in sync- for example, pretending to brush hair, moving head side to side. These actions will be slowly and in time with a chosen nursery rhyme, to make an eery atmosphere/ feeling within the audience. This will cut to objects such as a doll house, pouring of china tea cups (maybe). These shots would be broken up with the credits shown on a chalkboard. I hope this part would have an old fashion looking filter on it- all grainy and shaky (like in the film Sinister when there is an old film shown.

The next minute can be someone running in a forest. Although throughout this clip, the character's face will not be seen. If it was an entire film, it would be continued that there was a murder and they are finding out whats happening and the dolls haunt the person trying to work it out- the same as sinister, just with dolls. The camera shots will go through running with them- quite far behind them, yet handheld, to imply the camera is the thing chasing them, this would mean when this camera technique is used, the person in charge of the camera will have to go behind trees and off path a bit. Another camera shot would be a still one , at floor level showing the characters feet running. At this point there isn't a nursery rhyme in the background, there will a slight heart beat which gets louder throughout the minute, there will also be the sound of breathing and the sound of the feet on the ground.

This will end with complete darkness and a scream. 

Road Trip Gone Wrong:
Kaya's (http://kayadaltonasmediag321.blogspot.co.uk) idea is that four friends plan a road trip for the summer. There will be snapshots in forms of polaroids of them laughing, packing, getting food, in the car ect. The theme will seem happy and nonchalant.
The scene will play out as the girls are driving down a road late at night, there all be a camera shot from the inside of the car, over the drivers shoulder, as if it was a passenger looking out. The girls will see a man of whom is 'injured'. The man will be sticking his hand out needing to be 'helped'. one girl will say to keep driving, that its not safe fro them to pull over. The others will to want to pull over.
once one of the girls get out and go over to help the man, he will suddenly pull her round, have his hand over her mouth and knife to her neck. The other three girls ail scream, get out the car and one will attempt to call the police.
Two other men will come out and grab the girls however is the struggle of bad against good, one of the girls will manage to escape and runs.
Flashing, quick scenes of torture, harassment and abuse towards the girls of whom were kidnapped. Non- dietetic voice over of the girl who escaped will be describing the kidnppers to police whilst there are screen caps of the men.
Film officially starts when a police officer goes into a meeting to describe the abduction.