Theme/Concept

• The way in which we came down to one idea is as we like Gledis’s idea but had problems with the choice of set being the school

• We later added elements from Abigail's opening sequence and developed on that

• There were some bumps in the road as to the ending of the sequence but after meetings we came up with solutions

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Research Of Topic

• http://fspp.net/warn%20poss.htm

• On this website, I found all of the believed warning signs of demonic possession and this all linked in with what we had originally decided on for our opening sequence.

• The warning signs were things like self mutilation, changes in personality and attitude and blackouts in memory.

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Research Of Topic

• On this website, I also found that the outward manifestations of ghosts also linked in with our opening sequence. The manifestations that we had already chosen were listed on this website, and it included things such as:

• Knocking, banging or pounding being heard in one room.

• Electrical appliances turning on by themselves.• A feeling of being watched.• Scratching sounds being heard without an obvious

source.• And objects seemingly moving by themselves.

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Research Of Topic

• http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=2298

• On this site I found out that a girl who had been possessed

by a demonic creature at the age of 12, was seeing

shadows appearing from walls, covering all over her,

hearing mocking noises and could see a white round ball

rolling towards her mother’s room and also hear noises

when she is alone at home.

• She was possessed until the age of 22yrs but still had a

strange feeling that someone was watching her when she

went to her night shift at the mental home.

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Idea Development Option – Our Previous Ideas. (the whole film)

• It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are happening to

the main character.

• The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in her

home before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they dismiss it.

• The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst sleeping

she dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits.

• The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her family

hosts an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed.

• Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main

character and burn her body. The cycle continues, with the audience being shown a

family moving into a newly built home where the main characters house used to be.

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What Went Well/ Even Better If

• WWW: Our teacher said that she would happily watch this film if it was an actual film due for release. This showed us that our idea’s were good.

• EBI: The ending was less drastic, as it seemed unlikely that the characters family would burn her body after accidentally killing her.

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Idea Development Option – Our Previous Ideas. (the opening sequence)

• The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the history behind where her house is situated.

• Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this strange experience.

• After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another person’s reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television.

• She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to find out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t belong to her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character.

• She hears a scream or thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it and ends up in the bathroom. She sees the tap dripping and as she turns it off, she finds that the sink is full of blood.

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What Went Well/ Even Better If

• WWW: Our opening sequence idea has good pace, and the tension builds throughout the two minutes.

• EBI: The ending didn’t let the rest of the two minutes down as the rest of the opening sequence built tension and then the final moments made it all slump.

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Idea Development Option

• We decided to keep the majority of

our idea the same, and so we only

edited the final part of our opening

sequence to make it more thrilling.

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Idea Development Option – Our New Ideas (the whole film)

• It starts with the opening sequence, where strange ghostly things are happening to the main character.

• The main character slowly begins to find out information about who lived in her home before her. She attempts to tell her family and friends but they dismiss it.

• The main character has a series of close encounters with the ghost. Whilst sleeping she dreams of its life in the home she now inhabits.

• The ghost possess the main character slowly. Thinking she is on drugs, her family hosts an intervention for her. At this intervention, she is fully possessed.

• Her family and friends, whilst trying to restrain her, collectively kill the main character and dispose of her body in a house fire. The cycle continues, with the audience being shown a family moving into a newly built home where the main characters house used to be.

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Idea Development Option – Our New Ideas (The opening sequence)

• The character is at her desk typing and researching ghosts, hauntings and the history behind where her house is situated.

• Suddenly, her television turns on by itself, she grabs her camera to document this strange experience and this is seen from her point of view.

• After turning off the television, she walks back to her desk, and the another person’s reflection is seen by the audience as they walk past her television.

• She hears another a noise coming from the drawer behind her, she scrambles to find out what it is. She finds an old photograph in the drawer that clearly doesn’t belong to her of a young girl wearing a similar necklace to the character.

• She hears a thump coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it, running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down to the bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the handle, someone else’s hand slams on the glass door from the inside.

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Idea Development Option• From draft one to this current draft, we

discussed a number of alternate endings for our opening sequence. We decided that the ending we have chosen: “She hears a thump

coming from downstairs, she rushes to find the source of it, running through the corridors in her house she tracks the noise down to the bathroom and she listens outside the door. As she slowly reaches for the handle, someone else’s hand slams on the glass door from

the inside. ” gives the best climax out of all of our discussed options.

Alternate ending

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Storyboard.I

Close up shot

Wide shot Then fast zoomIn to Extreme close up to hand

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Slide shot

• The close up/Extreme close shots we use are to highlight importance or clearly show emotions

• Ariel shots used are to give a clear view of the area so you can make connections to reactions

• Long shots are again the same as Ariel but with long shots we show the audience what the character doesn't see

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Enigma• The way we want to create enigma is through

the combination of sound and pace. The

actress is never fully calm which also keeps

the audience on edge.

• The end of the opening sequence will leave

the audience wanting to know what happens

next as the ending is unexpected.

You cannot see what the baby sees.

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Enigma

• We’ve improved our creation of Enigma from draft one, because we have made the ending of our opening sequence more thrilling and this helps to create more enigma as the audience will want to carry on watching to find out why the character is being haunted and what will happen to her.

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Target Audience!• Age: It is aimed at 15+, this is because the main character in the film is a teenager

and a younger generation can relate to this because it will appeal to them.

• Location: the fact that it is set in London will appeal to a great number of people who actually live in London. This is because the audience will be able to relate to the character and the film and therefore will be more affected by the film.

E.g. many people who live in London were terrified of using the London Underground after watching the movie ‘Creep’ which is set in Charing Cross tube station. This scared many people who used the station, which is the major aim of a horror/thriller film.

• Lifestyle: The movie itself is quite slow pace this doesn’t take away from it’s excitement. Therefore our target audience would be people who lead an active life and enjoy trills and sitting on the edge of their seat whilst watching a movie. The mystery and enigma throughout our film will appeal to our target audience.

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Why Our Target Audience Will Be Interested In Our Film!

• The Idea: Our target audience will be interested in our idea because it is thrilling and exciting and creates mystery (the history behind the house and the ghost). This will intrigue our audience, because they will want to find out more. The unexplained paranormal events that take place will interest people who regularly watch thrillers

• Form: We want to use very creep and eerie music in some parts then fast pace violin music to create excitement. This will interest our audience because the are aiming our film at thrill seekers. We also want to use quick cutaways to create excitement and build up tension for the audience. (running through the corridors). However will we also use smooth camera movements to build up tension that will lead up to the climax at the end.

• Conventions: We are targeting our film at an audience who regularly watch horrors and thrillers with conventions such as terror, and we will intrigue people who enjoy being frightened by films.

• We will include ghosts and spirits in order to attract an audience who are interested in supernatural happenings and life after death. (Ghost girl). We want to satisfy their interest in paranormal activities by including spirits and weird unexplained events such as the TV switching on by itself.

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Our Questionnaire. M

Props/Costume

• This character meets stereotypes of a helpless young girl who is haunted by a ghost

• Some movies in which this is displayed are listed above.

Actor/Character

The Others The Unborn

Gledis Drew

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Character

• We have developed our character from draft 1 by stretching Gledis’ acting ability. In this opening sequence, she has to convey more emotions than she would’ve in our first opening sequence. Her hair and clothing will be neater to represent her innocence and make her appear more vulnerable

• Other than this no other changes improvements where made

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