Horror Opening - Research

The Task - After coming up with the production title and logo, mood board and the film title we had to then look at 2 minute openings from our group genre to give us an idea of how we would want our actural horror opening goes. Our genre is horror so I looked at horror movie openings these were:

• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• A Nightmare On Elm Street
• Scream 4
• Stephen Kings IT

I Know What You Did Last Summer:

• Production Company in black background with music playing
• Fade into location and zooming in on location with simple font for names and flashes on and off





A Nightmare On Elm Street

• Comapny flashes on and off in red
• Small screen of a video with text underneath with sound effects and low music
• Title pans up and the theme tune begins
• Main film begins whilst simple text is of the names

Scream 4

• Film starts with a phone call
• Shows main weapon (Knife)
• Two random characters talking
• Introduces the killer's voice
• Dramatic music plays
• Killer attacks
• Sad music plays
• Faulty title appears

Stephen King's IT

• Directors name appears then the title zooms out and turns red with the music playing
• It fades out to reveal photo's and the credits appear in simple text
• Credits continue on a phot which then becomes real and starts the film
• Innocent girl rides by on a bike and the villian starts laughing and appearing, meaning something's about to happen and the mum finds the kid gone.

Conclusion - In conclusion all these openigns start with an opening and then it introduces a random charcter and also introduces the villian and then blacks out. But it always starts with things that seem normal for example landscape, photos e.t.c.