2. Genre of the film
• The genre of the film that we made for our
opening title sequence is a supernatural horror
where a girl is seen doing a spell.
• The iconography of a supernatural film is usually
sparks, flames, wands and spell books.
• The iconography of a horror film is big knives
and blood.
3. What other films we compared to:
1) Candyman (1992)- simple ariel shot of cars driving but the music tells audience that it
is a horror – Directed by Bernard Rose
2) Insidious (2010)- Shows the setting and a silhouette of man is seen – Directed by
Patrick Wilson, Adam Robitel, Leigh Whannell and James Wan
3) The conjuring (2013)- Gives a backstory about who the main character is and what his
job is. (seekers of the supernatural) – Directed by Michael Chaves and James Wan
4) Paranormal activity (2009) - Introduces setting, suggests home based film (Handheld
camera) – Directed by Oren Peli
5) Lights out (2016)- Titles appear over montage showing themes for the film – Directed
by David Sandberg
4.
5. Characters:
• Teenage girl
• In Insidious a child/teenage boy is seen sleeping at the
beginning
• In Lights out no characters are introduced and is just a
montage creating tension
• We chose to introduce character- it tells the audience
more about the backstory and makes them intrigued
on what will happen
• Her room gives the audience an idea about who she is
like this example of the boy (age)
6. Narrative:
• In The Conjuring pull focus is used to draw the audience
attention to poster (Seekers of the supernatural)
• We used techniques like this: montage of objects around
her room (spider and skull) and put posters in her room to
show what she is interested in
• Gives the audience background information about the
character so they will be able to follow the storyline better
• Editing pace changed throughout- keep audience interested
• Her makeup and clothes in our opening sequence told
audience that she was interested in spells.
7. Intended audience response
• We wanted the audience to feel on edge through the tense atmosphere and music
• We looked at Candyman (1992)- it only uses one long shot, but the music creates
the tense atmosphere that shows the audience that it is a horror.
• We used this as inspiration when
editing our sequence because
the music can say as much as what
is happening.
8. Titles- Font, colour and
animations
• We used a white font that reminded me of a
spell book and mystery
• For the title ’Consumed’ we used a sharp
capital letter font
• Capture attention
• We fit how the titles appeared with the cut of
the edit so made sure that a title was always
only in one cut
• We also made sure that it was never over what
was happening on screen
9. Titles- Order of the titles
• We looked at examples and used their
order to help ours
• Professional films
• I looked at The invisible mad and Cruella
• They are both high budget professional
films so we could refer to them when
editing the titles
10. Challenging
conventions
• Compared to other films ours is
different because in most horror films
(Insidious and The Conjuring) a boy is
normally introduced as the main
character.
• We used a girl because it isn’t seen as
much especially as she is into spells
and interested in dark topics (death)
• This is shown by what her room looks
like
• We did this to not conform to the
stereotype of boys only being
interested in dark topics
11. Social groups/issues that are presented in our
opening sequence
• The social group of teenagers are represented through
her room
• Stereotypical with posters on the wall and lots of
objects around the room
• We chose a girl to act in this
• It goes against Butlers' theory
• We only see one character in our opening sequence,
and she does not fit into a stereotype
• We reinforced the representation of her not being a
stereotypical teenager (interested in magic)
12. Representation through
editing:
• We represented her age through editing because near
the end we made a montage of different objects around
her room including posters, a spider and a skull (typical
teenage crowded room)
• Quick editing pace of montage
• Represented her being a woman but also into dark
themes through editing by using shot reverse shot to
show her looking at her book of spells and the audience
can also then get a clear idea of what she is doing.
• At the start of the sequence, it starts with a wide shot
then switches to a close up to show the audience
clearly what she is doing and intrigue them.
• Editing was extremely important when editing the spell
in order to make it look smooth
13. Representation through the camera:
• A wide shot was the first thing that the audience saw because it
represented that even though she is a girl her room isn't ‘girly’ which is
helping go against cultural hegemony.
• At the end of the opening sequence, her chanting went from a wide,
medium then a close up of her mouth then eyes opening at the end
• This gained the audience attention because it was a build up of
suspense
• It also reenforced the representation of her not conforming the the
usual teenage stereotype as she is interested in spells and Witcraft.
• We used POV shots so that the audience could start to relate to the
character from the beginning
15. Representation
through Mise-
en-scene
• Her outfit contrasts the spell she is doing
• Would stereotypically be seen as gothic
• We chose an outfit that anyone could wear
• She had minimal makeup with black eyeliner
• Goes against the stereotype that when women are shown in film they always want to look ‘perfect’
• Her room was dark colures with posters that reflected spells and death on the wall to juxtapose a
‘girly’ bedroom
• Her room doesn’t challenge conversions
16. Theorists:
Our opening sequence is opposing Mulvey's theory of the male
gaze because she is not seen as an object or something to look
at, but she has interests and a passion for spells.
Butlers' theory of gender performativity is not shown in our
opening sequence because she is not a stereotypical girl with
perfect makeup that loves pink.
17. Adhered to or subverted
any stereotypes
• We adhered to stereotypes
because we showed a female
character that didn’t act how
usual female characters do
• But we set her room up filled
with spiders and skulls
• This added to the stereotype that
people who are interested in
spells are also interested in death
and unusual objects.
