Our thoughts on our opening sequence!

Now we have completed filming and editing completely it is very rewarding to see our final opening sequence. We have enjoyed working on this project and have decided to share our thoughts on the process and the final film. 

I have asked Amy and Ashley their thoughts, but firstly I will share my thoughts about our project (that's me,  Shamayla). It was easy to select the genre of film as we all had the same interest in Horrors and Thrillers. We wanted to create a dark film that created tension but we also wanted to set in within a time frame. We decided on Christmas as it is something that most people associate with happy times and not bad. Therefore our film challenged the idea of Christmas as we represented it with an evil Santa, which would create discomfort with the viewer. Initially we found it hard to put all the clips together but as we started to edit clips and the film flowed, the results were very rewarding. I think the opening sequence is successful because it fulfils horror conventions. These are things such as, dark lighting, horror props in the mise on scene such as knifes and scissors. Also, the sound track creates suspense and tension through high pitched sounds and the use of camera angles like the canted and low angle create discomfort and fear for the viewer. 

I really enjoyed the whole filming process, but I particularly liked the editing as that is when the film really took shape and came together. Here are Ashley's and Amy's thoughts:-

Ashley

Ashley enjoyed the filming the most as he enjoyed acting as well as learning new techniques with the camera for example, the use of shadows can be very important to create the mood of the scene and creates a sense of confusion and enigmas of who the person is. Ashley thought that our opening sequence was a success because it meets the criteria that a horror film needs to meet.

Amy

Amy liked filming because she enjoyed filming using different camera angles and was able to have lots of fun establishing ways to create different social groups through different camera shots. She thought the opening sequence was a success because it meets the conventions of an opening sequence and the genre horror. It is also it's a bit scary!

We shall now evaluate our opening sequence.

Shamayla