1. Editing - We created our own logo, editing an image we found on google so that we could make it our own and add the production company name onto the logo. Editing was important to the film because things needed to be changed, such as the contrast and brightness on some scenes because when we filmed it, the day was quite sunny so we got a little too much light to convey the pathetic fallacy of horror.
2. Story and how the opening sets it up - This frame shows how the story sets up because you can see the characters running, but you don't know what from yet so it drags the audience in as they want to know what is going to happen. A lot of horror films usualy cut straight into the action without giving the audience an explaination, showing them an interesting part of the film which would make them want to continue watching.
3. Setting and location - We decided to use the generic horror film setting as our first scene, in a forest at night time. We used a forest because its quite isolated and enclosed, meaning that anything could be lurking there and nobody would know. Thoughts like these cause tension and fear for the audience, which is what we wanted straight away.
4. Genre and how the opening suggests it - When we filmed the opening, we made sure that some of the things we were doing would be done in a typical, conventional horror film. The setting of a forest, imags such as danger and screaming and running straight away let on to the genre of the film being horror.
5. How the characters are introduced - The characters and their personalities don't get introduced until the second scene in our film, because in the first scene they are too fearful to do anything other than run. We wanted to make the audience bond with the characters and feel sympathy towards them, as they know what is coming in later scenes because they've already seen a glimpse of what happens to the characters. Having the tension building right away means that when it switches to the second scene, the audience are already anticipating the rest of the film.
6. Special effects - We had taken photos to possibly include in our opening sequence. On one of the photos I added the special effect 'colour offset', as it made the colour of the lettering much bolder and more noticable in the short time it appears. I also had a few other special effects like 'ghosting' on the hand because it makes the hand seem less human. Special effects are important in horror films because you want to give the audience a hint of the supernatural.
7. The title of the film, text and style - For my title screen I chose to have several of the title flashing in different places to add interest. I used the font chiller because it fits in with the horro genre and isn't neat, like someone had quickly scrawled the words because they were running out of time, but I kept the rest simple and decided to leave the background black and keep the text white as this was the usual classic colour scheme for most film title sequences.
8. Costume and props - The frame shows the second scene, where many people standing and sitting around in a house. They are wearing normal clothes and look like average people. This is a complete contrast to the costume and props we used in the first scene. In the first scene, Helen and Emily have dried ketchup, dirt and leaves rubbed into their clothes, in their hair and on their face so that it looked like they had been attacked, hence the blood-like ketchup, and while trying to escape have injured themselves and fallen down in mud as they are running so fast to get away.
9. Camerawork - This camera shot shows a close up of a hand to signify how important it is to the story. We tried to use a lot of different camera shots, such as panning around a characters face to convey their emotions, tracking so that it looks to the audience like the character is being chased and establishing shots to show the setting of the dark forest. The shots we used were to help build tension and make it seems like something is lurking in the forest.
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