Individual reflections on initial ideas

Once we had decided our groups, my group and I started to look at our research to decide what sub genre of horror we wanted to do for our opening sequence. We came to a collective decision of doing a thriller/slasher, however the slasher element would remain a mystery to the audience. Then we brainstormed our initial ideas of what the plot could include.

We decided the the plot line would be; a little girl playing in the garden, on the swing and at a table with her doll, whilst the babysitter would be baking in the kitchen. Whilst this is happening the babysitter would get a couple of calls. One where the other end of the phone was silent and the other, a manly voice saying weird/creepy/strange things. Then after this the audience will see a man jumping over the fence and walking towards the child. The babysitter then finds out that the child is missing and straight after this the title would appear.

We decided to call our opening sequence 'Half A Minute' as all the action will take place within the 30 seconds of the babysitter putting something in the microwave. Our title is short and snappy making it memorable. Also, the audience may wonder what can happen within half a minute which may create an element of curiosity and may want to watch the film because of the interesting title.

As at first the story line will be normal, we need to film in places that are also normal such as a garden and a kitchen. The garden is a good miss-en-scene as it fit perfectly with out poor. We wanted the child to be sitting on a swing and we wanted a gate for the villain to jump over, all which are easy to find. Also, the kitchen is also easy to find as we just need a basic worktop and a phone.

To make out opening sequence effective we need to include good actors and actresses as our opening sequence will be quite dramatic and will require good actors/actresses to do the role justice.

Overall, I think that our initial idea is very good as it has a very simple plot, but if shot right (including good frames, editing, camera movements and angles) it can be very effective making it interesting.