Summary of ideas for our opening scene

In our opening scene there will be a girl who has just moved into a new house and didn't but she didn't want to as she knew the history of the house which her parents didn't; she didn't want to tell them as it was there dream home. In her mind she thought to herself “its won’t be true, the house won’t be haunted” but this was proven to be true and the house was haunted. This would grasp the attention of the audience as they will immediately want to know why this house is haunted and how did it become haunted (they will be asking questions from the beginning). At the beginning there will be an establishing shot of the house which will then zoom into the front door to signify that behind this door is where it all changes. After this the door will be opened slowly and this is where the tension begins to be built up representing the haunted side of this ‘normal’ looking house, the camera will steadily be moved up the stairs of the house to the bedroom where the first aspect of mystery will occur. In this room will belay a 16-17 year old looking girl who is loved up to her head by a duvet, this represents she is hiding from something. The focus will then be on this girl by zooming into an extreme close up with the recording of her suddenly opening her eyes after hearing a very mysterious voice. One of our main props is located in this room, the mirror which plays a huge part in the opening scene as this is where the first figure will be scene! And the intrigue of the audience increases even more as they will see this figure and question what it was and what part it will have to play on the girl and the rest of the film. The figure is the evil and the girl is the vulnerable good, linking to binary opposition. Further on into the opening scene this girl keeps hearing strange noises and her actions change suddenly. She is represented as vulnerable and a ‘normal girl’ this suggests she will be the ‘final girl’ and will survive against these peculiar figures. In addition it is not only in this room where the girl will hear strange noises , there will be a strange scratching noise that will come from the kitchen downstairs this would add the intrigue and the tension built to have an effect on the audience. Once she has seen the figure in the mirror this is when the horror really starts to unfold as this is when the audience really feel connected with the girl. The enigma codes will be linked very much with the opening scene as the audience have a sense of mystery to who this figure is and how they will effect the girl.
I believe this opening scene would appeal to our target audience as they are a similar age to the girl who is playing the main role and they may also might not have wanted to move into a house there parents did in the past. In addition our target audience likes the aspect of being scared by a film also receiving adrenaline which we will have achieved as there is a build up to one very specific event, this means there will be tension which will then be released to this sudden point. In addition our audience looks for particular conventions and aspects in physiological horror for example it to be set in a realistic setting which we have achieved by setting it in a house. In addition they expect there to be realistic props that look like they should belong in a house but they have a twist on them I  the  opening scene.

    
As a group we aim to create an opening sequence that grasps the audience attention at all times, we will do this with the use of enigma codes. These codes aim to cause intrigue for the audience increasing their attention into our opening sequence.