Decisions and Revisions

Firstly, our group started with researching horror / thriller films and their openings. This helped us gain an understanding and a better knowledge of the genres codes and conventions. With the knowledge from our groups research we used the codes and conventions to plan. This involved looking at our research and ideas to plan a storyboard which would help us visualise our media product. We used the codes and conventions of horrors and thrillers we researched to brainstorm ideas and draw a accurate storyboard which is detailed with shot angles and timings. Our group then moved on to the filming stage of production. From the previous research and storyboarding it helped us save a lot of time with setting up camera angles and what scenes to shoot next. Our group have used our storyboard accurately which has made our visualised product a real media opening which looks professional due to our group using, developing and challenging real horror and thriller products. From the filming stage, we moved onto the post-prodcution which involved editing and finalising our media product. From the filming stage, it has helped us edited our footage effectively and quickly as we had the correct timings and angle in each shot / scene. The editing involved cutting clips to make our opening flow, adding music, adding the title and names. This stage of production made our final title opening look professional and advanced. Overall myself and my group are extremely pleased with the development of our opening and our final media product.

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Final Horror/Thriller Title Opening Sequence

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Production Introduction

For our productions intro we decided we wanted something simple but keeping to our theme but not to extravagant. Therefore we wanted to keep it black and white with not a lot of animation like this with just a light going over some text saying the production name with black background. The light connotes a hidden and unseen fell to the introduction and relates to the thriller/horror genre.

I thought this relates to the genre of our opening as I have looked at some previous production introductions and they tend to be simple, with little animation and stick to a theme. 

Our Character

We decided to pick Emma Thomas for our main character as she was a good example of a stereotypical protagonist in a horror-thriller film. This was because she had brown long hair and a slim figure as well as being a white British teenager of 17 years old. We wanted our protagonist to look like this because we wanted it to be relatable and similar to our target audience who are of a similar and same age to our actor. This is direct address between the audience and the media, as it is creating similarities between the protagonist and the audience as if they are in this same position when they are watching this film and to make it realistic as if it could happen to them and they are in danger and give them a sense of tension and fright as it is a horror-thriller. Furthermore, by making our protagonist a female, our group thought this was traditional and common, as they are innocent and vulnerable, unlike males, as they are stereotypically shown to be strong, dominant, powerful and be able to protect themselves and others around them. Therefore we wanted to create a stereotypical role of a female protagonist that doesn't really know what is happening and just thinks everything is normal and calm, as this will make sympathy for her as she is innocent and vulnerable due to appearance, gender and class.

Progression individually and as a group

Individually, I have progressed a lot in learning new skills and techniques which I can use to achieve the best possible effects in filming and editing. I have gained more confidence in using the equipment and trying out new angles and techniques which could improve our groups work. Our continuity task helped me understand the equipment and the techniques used to create a certain shot. In the continuity task, I felt that filming was a massive development for me as i became more confident and took more control. The continuity helped the group to find individual strong points such as, who was good at research, filming and organising the group. The continuity task had a lot of problems with the original story line and the camera work which need a lot of re-shoots and developments. This then became clear to me and a member of our group that we needed to completely change the story line and the camera work needed to be developed vastly. Therefore, the two of us went away and started to film again from scratch with a new story and more camera techniques with lead to more progress and helped our group to achieve a well produced final media product. Meanwhile, the other group members gained more research and helped our group as a team move forward. During this process and the process of our horror opening, I have learnt aspects about the editing stage of production and how to use Adobe Premier Pro to cut and edit our groups footage with the help of my group member, Jordan. 
As a group I think we started slow with filming our footage for our continuity task and our title opening sequence and had a lot of problems with re-shoots due to time, setting and availability within our group. Our group had to become organised and filming became a priority within our group. Our group has progressed massively with filming and organisation. Our group has developed and we have all learnt about filming and some aspects of editing. As a group we have become more focused and serious about getting footage filmed and developing our title opening. 
Overall, as an individual and as a group, I and we have made vast developments and have learnt lots in the process of making our horror-thriller opening sequence.