Comparing Ideas

LOCATION

This picture shows a snap shot from a scene in the film 'The Lovely Bones' (2009).

The location conveys the theme of mysety instantly with the blank, open field and gives the audience and eerie feel. For my film, it was decided that for it to be possible to set the mood and portay the required atmosphere needed for the chosen genre, a spooky, unknown setting for part of the opening would be needed so i compared ideas with this film as it has a similar setting to the one we are aiming for.

MONTAGE
For the montage in our opening we gained inspiration from Dawn of the Dead (2004) as it uses a similar opening effects as to what we were looking for.

This shows a build up of sound and effects which come together to create a montague with the use of news conferences. We based our ideas around this piece as we believe it is an effective opening which reflects the genre well and creates suspense and tension to fit in with relevant themes and atmospheres. We have adapted the idea by using news headlines and reportings being shown aswell along with flashing images and sudden sounds. At first we had doubts that the montage may come across too similar to the aspects of a trailer and may be portaryed as more of a trailer rather than film opening but the 'Dawn of the Dead (2004)' opening allowed us to see that it is possible to edit the piece in a way that is is viewed as an opening to a film.

EDITING & SPECIAL EFFECTS

This is a screenshot taken from the film 'The Unborn' (2009). In our film opening we have decided to use a reflection in the mirror for added tension and horror into the film. The Unborn uses a similar convention in which we have gained inspiration from in order to convey our chosen genre. The Unborn is also a psychological thriller/horror so by using a similar idea to this, we can assure that the genre and the required atmosphere will be portrayed to the audience.
However, we have decided to adapt this idea with the use of a mirror. Mirrors and refelctions are stereotypical conventions in psychological thrillers so the use of this will help to portray our genre.