-Research the codes and conventions of horror, paying attention to title sequences
-Write an audience profile (primary and secondary) for your film's target audience
-Analyse one sequence from chosen genre individually and one as a group. Note any features to include in own work.
-Invent a production company and design a logo for it.
This is our logo for our production company; it is a combination of our first initials (Terry, Aiden, Louis, Lauren). As our production comapny produce films within the horror genre we decided to use simplistic and dark colours.
Codes and Conventions:
-low key lighting
-faint images
-foreshadowing of bloodshed
-isolation
-scenery – rural
-foreshadowing
-killer – glimpse of character
-sets equilibrium
-knife – foreshadowing – physical weapons
-medical imagery – experiments
-dark clothing, not suits, jeans and
t-shirts, trainers
-hand held – shaky
-close ups
-tracking
-point of view shots
-low and high angle shots
-pan movement
-establishing – isolation
Features to include with title sequence:
- Handheld footage
- Generally slow paced editing (slow motion)
- Orchestral music
- Connotations of blood
- Connotations of weapons
