Synopsis

Our opening sequence horror film for our as media is going to be called 'Maddison'. We have chosen for our sub-genre to be psychological. The whole film is about a girl in her teens who is seeing this little girl; called Maddison. We are playing on the fact of people having an imaginary friend. In this case the teen girl seeing her goes mad and wakes up in a mental hospital as she is the only one that sees Maddison, and feels like she's hurting her family, but in actual fact the teen girl is doing everything. The film starts with the opening titles (which we are filming) where flashbacks are shown of when the teen girl has seen Maddison. They build up and are going to be edited faster and faster with music to accompany it. To a flash of light where you see the girl wake up in the hospital. During the rest of the film you see the teen girl in the hospital going back to flashes of the past as the teen learns about how she got there and her continuing to see Maddison.

So far this is all we have developed on the basic idea of our film and opening titles.

A more detailed Synopsis written by Rebeka in my group can be found here:
http://rebekaluzasportfolio.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/maddison-synopsis.html

Developing Planning For Horror Opening Sequence

Initial Mood Board of our chosen sub-genre Physiological Horror. This was the beginning of our thoughts and ideas for the plot to our film.

Sound Track idea to use in our opening sequence. We like how it builds up the tension and plays on building up your fear as you think something is about to happen.

Location Ideas

Here is a small YouTube video explaining about one idea for a location for out horror opening sequence. With a tour of the location and why it will work well..

Movie Classifications

In lesson we looked at film classifications. Looking at these classifications means that when we do our horror opening sequence we can pick a classification that is suitable. I have created a prezi on what I learnt.

Maddison: Horror Film Opening Sequence Pitch

For our final AS media horror opening sequence we had to do a pitch with our starting ideas for our plot. Me and Rebeka in my group created the prezi together and shared the pitch out between us. I was loosing my voice so didn't contribute much to the speaking! However when doing my next pitch I would like to make better planned hint cards; to make sure we include everything we want to.
 

Inspiration

I found a production of a different type of play and when watching a video about it,  inspired me for my horror media opening.

<Taken from  http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk> 

The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable

The award-winning Punchdrunk stage their biggest and most ambitious production yet. The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fableis an extraordinary theatrical adventure: a unique personal journey which unfolds across four levels of a vast central London location.

Basically it is an interactive play in which you explore the set and are part of the play. For example on this almost 'tour' you explore the play in a variety of ways and are in separate groups to other people there aswell. You can enter dark rooms and it plays on your mind to scare you and surprise you.

Here is a Video of part of what happens published on YouTube by PunchDrunk:

Practicing Filming

We made a short video which we had to come up with the concept in only a few minutes to practice various skills learnt so far in media. I done the filming and Rebeka in the group directed. So by doing this task I refined my filming skills and setting up the camera to the shots I wanted. It also meant that we could have the chance to improve our skills in working as a group. This version was edited by Jess in our group: