Credits Research

Opening credits are usually shown at the beginning of the film which lists the most important members of the production. These credits are shown as text bedded on a blank screen or on the opening scenes of the film. Opening credits usually mention the major actors, producers and director, in contrast to closing credits which lists the entire production crew.

Generic opening credits usually includes:
The name of the PRODUCTION COMPANY
The name of the DIRECTOR [Directed by __________]
The name of the EDITOR [Edited by __________]
The name of the PRODUCER [Produced by __________]
The name of Major Acotrs [Starring __________]
Music Used [Music by __________]

Sartorial codes

This is our first look, it shows our main character when she has been admitted to psychiatric hospital; her make-up reflects how she feels inside which is deranged and not able to distinguish between reality and fantasy;she is like a shadow of her former self (shown below).

This is our second look, when our character is in the dance studio she will look vulnerable yet seductive as this reflects her personality which is confident and powerful, her dance outfit shows the audience that she is professional; the show of skin also makes her seem more vulnerable due to the fact the audience know she is being stalked.

Sample shots

these are sample shots for shooting scene three, these shots impy stalking i.e. the reflection in the window shows someone taking a photo of someone but them not knowing imply she is being stalked, the images through branches, behind trees and through windows gicve an idea of how we can film the shots to imply to the audience that someone is following our main character

These shots show how will position our character to show the audince she has lost her mind, the white walls behind her make her look vulnerbale and alone.

Test shot

This is a demonstration of a tracking shot in which we have used equipments such as tracking wheels and tracking pipes to achieve a smooth movement of the camera. We are planning to apply this technique in our opening sequence in which we will show the character is being followed.

Location shots

Dance studio-shows the location that we plan to shoot scene one, this location is ideal as it has the space for our character to dance , also the the mirrors add to the movement of the character; the lights also allow the room to be lit so we can film.

Drama hall- shows a possible location for scene one as it has lighting that we can adjust to create a different atmosphere, unlike the space which only has digetic lighting.

Science corridor- the white walls and bright lighting create a sense of tension and the idea of of a pyscho ward, the room has white walls which make the room seem empty causing a feeling of isolation.

Darkroom- shows location of the area where our stalker develops the pictures of our main character, it shows the lenght the stalker will go in his obsession by having his own darkroom to develop the images he has taken.

These images show the area where the sudience see the stalker behind our main characte, the open space will make it look as she is alone and create an atmosphere of isolation.

Story Board

Product Research(Ginger Snaps)

We decided to analysis ginger snaps as our product research because it has an sense of things not being as they seem, even though the movie is a horror it has themes that we want to include in our psychological thriller.

• The moving image of the girl turns to a still creating tension amongst the audience as it looks as if some on has taken a photograph but the audience do not know who or why, also it creates a sense of things not being as they are seen as 'photographs' are set up.

• The images of dead young girls are disturbing to the audience this is because the images are gory and contain lots of blood, the audience do no know why they have been killed creating curiosity also the audience are not sure whether to believe that the girls are dead due to the opening when the images were being set up; laughter throughout the opening also confuse the audience as it does not connote to what is being shown on the screen.

• The low key lighting, faded colors and out of focus shots are applied to create a surreal atmosphere throughout the opening, the faded colors and low lighting unsettles the audience as they do not know whether to believe what they a being shown or not which further confuses the audience

• The typography is Gothic and narrow relating to the Gothic style and sartorial codes established in the opening, the music is slow and tension building, the Gothic style anchors the images and typeography shown.