OUR FIRST IDEAS FOR AN OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE
When we were given the task of creating a horror movie opening, we originally came up with two different ideas surrounding two different sub genres of horror- Paranormal and Survival.
Survival Horror Idea
The first idea encircles the idea of a survival horror. Set within an apocalyptic world now run by a new mutant race of reptilian-like creatures, there are only a handful of human survivors remaining, with our opening focusing on a specific group of survivors in the middle of a small town on the outskirts of an unnamed county. The opening scene would start of with a bang as it would consist of short 3 second shots of an unknown girl running through the streets, with the sound of her feet slamming onto the ground and her panting considerably roughly. Each shot of the girl is cut to black screens with text for each cut. After the title of the movie is revealed, it would have cut to a shot of her running towards a large house, which in her group of survivors have used to shelter them from the danger lurking and watching outside. The girl reaches the door, screaming and begging for them to open. They eventually open the door for her and swiftly yanked her inside and slammed the door shut. But it's too late. She tells the other members of her group that one of the reptilian mutants spotted her from the local shop and has possibly followed her back. The leader of their group becomes infuriated with her, but before he has time to slate her for her 'careless actions' there is a loud crash of smashing glass and a thud coming from upstairs. Grabbing a weapon to defend himself with, the leader makes his way up the stairs where he meets his grizzly end. His last dying screams echo down stairs where one of the girls begins to panic and run to the door in a idiotic attempt to escape. As soon as she opens the door, a mutant leaps at her, knocking her down onto the ground as more and more of its kin pour through and proceed to slaughter all who remain in the house. The sequence ends with a shot slowly moving away from the house, with the sounds of screams, snapping bones, tearing of flesh and clothes and, to finish off, the shot cuts to black as a blood-curdling roar given off by one of the reptilian mutants silences all other sounds.
Paranormal Horror Idea
Our second idea is based on the paranormal sub genre of horror. This idea was initially based on a video game called "Beyond: Two Souls", which centres around a girl who, since birth, has been connected to a mysterious invisible entity which gives her extraordinary superhuman abilities. As this was the idea that we decided upon using, the pitch for the idea shall be seen through the planning tab given on the left hand side of this page
We eventually chose the paranormal idea instead of the survival horror because it was the easier option to film. Being able to obtain the right resources for the process of actually creating the reptilian creatures would be rather difficult task to carry out.
By Joe Pratt-Flynn
By Joe Pratt-Flynn