http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11BPzYehUE

• This the opening sequence to Batman

It starts of with a very dark sky at night with a lot of clouds which tells us that we are viewing somewhere outdoors. The camera then leads downwards to what look like an old sone wall but is quite close up so we are not too sure what it is. It carries on following the wall so we start to imagine the shape we are following. This also sets us on edge because we are unsure of what we are looking at as it is so close up and we can't see its surroundings.

The camera shot then zooms out slowly to reveal that we were looking at the batman symbol. The lighting throughout the opening sequence remains very dark and just mainly black an blue colours.

The music also adds an eery effect because it is orchestral and you can mainly here the violins and trumpets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvOmlRkKRgQ

• This is the opening sequence to Edward Scissorhands

Both Batman and Edward Scissorhands have similar characteristics in their oping sequences because both movies are produced by Tim Burton. Just like in the Batman opening sequence we start with eery music that sounds orchestral and has a childish feel to it.

The snow falls in time with the music and the snow also adds to the slightly eery feel of the opening sequence.

Also like the batman opening sequences we see close ups of objects that are unfamiliar to us and its very dark and only consists of black and blue colours, which gives us the feeling of being uneasy and wondering what could be coming next

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEZK7mJoPLY

The music in the opening sequence unsettles us as there are sounds that we can't recognise and they go in time with what we see happening.

We see stuff being scribbled out like a picture of a person and his eyes are being scratched out, this is an unusual thing to do and this is done in time with the music so that makes us wonder why this person is doing this and it reminds us of something a murderer would do.

The fact that we aren't sure why certain things are being goe and we can't see who is doing it makes it scary and we don't know what is coming next.

Feedback on our plot presentation

This is our presentation about different features and the plot of our movie.
http://prezi.com/bgb4ey7cy_uu/our-plot-presentation/

Our feedback

• We were told that we should think about the whole plot and to mae sure that the opening to our movie stays as an opening and doesn't become the whole movie in a short time.
• We were also told we would need to come up with a way of putting the "This is halloween" in our opening without using the actual song as we can't used copyrighted music.
• Make the gender of the killer more clear.
• How we are going to make the blood

Film plan

Plot
It starts with a girl getting dressed for a halloween party, as she is gettimg dressed she heres the floor boards creaking outside her room. She thinks this is her mother and goes to check. (It is actually the killer approaching her). The killer hides as she goes to look for her mum downstairs. She calls out for her mother because there is no sign of her. she smells something burning so she stops looking and heads towards the kitchen. the killer comes up behind her and hits her with a base ball bat making her unconscious. She then wakes up in a area she doesnt recognize, surrounded by trees halloween decorations and as her vision comes into focus she see's that the killer is standing over her and says "Welcome to the party..."

Conventions of horror films

Horror films are unsettling films that are produced to frighten us, create suspense and dread, invoke our worst fears and have a terrifying conclusion.

• They usual have at least one survivor like in the end of the shining where the boy and the mum survive.


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgxAkocAPmg


• There is usually a killer that has a trademark


• There is usually a positive outcome
• Blood
• Death
• Victims
• Weapons
• Storms
• Snow
• Ligtening
• Chase sequences
• Screams
• A religous aspect
• Creepy music