Film opening-Research

 As me and my group, continued discussing the storyline of our film. We made sure we kept in mind that we were only going to be shooting the first 2 minutes of the original film. We want to make sure our opening scene grabs the audiences attention from the jump, creating the significance of the scenes that follows after it. While planning the opening film I considered: How will the film opening type "Enter the Villain" be applied to our film as it is the best fit for the genre we have chosen.

Enter The Villain

Scream (1996) (Opening scene)

In scream, the villain is introduced by a phone call which is commonly used in slasher films. The opening scene sets the rest of film for the horror that will slowly be discovered as the audience is introduced to the killer. With the constant call backs every time she hung up the phone and the last time she picked it up they conversated about each other's favorite scary movie letting the audience get a clear understanding already on what's to come next.

How to apply this to our film: In my groups film I envisioned at first their would be a jump scare until I realized their is not many movies starting with a jump scare. After watching the first 2 minutes of screams I would like to introduce the villain through a phone as well keeping the killer known but unknown from the beginning. Also, the scene showing the backyard was a great way to give hints that the killer was somewhere near her.

Jaws (1975) Opening Scene

The open scene of Jaws sets the tone for the whole film altogether as the villain which is a shark  in the movie will not be easily spotted and is usually hidden making it easier to have prey. Showing the sharks view is what created suspense making the audience pressure goes up knowing the girl is eventually going to get attacked. In my film I would like to apply non-diegetic sound as seen in jaws as we are seeing the sharks view, that is building suspense because when these sounds are added it makes the audience feel more intuned with what's happening in the scene.