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The document discusses the location choices for a group's opening film sequence. They chose to use a house and specifically the corridor, bedroom, kitchen, conservatory, and bathroom. Each area was chosen for qualities like space, lighting, and mood that would suit different scenes in the horror genre opening. The corridor was narrow and dim to set an isolating tone. The bedroom allowed many shots and was feminine like the protagonist. The kitchen's bright lighting provided contrast. The conservatory had flattering lighting for a close-up phone call scene. And the bathroom was spacious enough for the climax, with a mirror for an ending cliffhanger. Overall, the group felt the locations helped create the intended horror atmosphere.
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- 2. Our Group Ideas • Together as a group we had decided that we were going to use a house as our final location. • The different areas of the house which we decided to use were the corridor, bedroom, kitchen, conservatory and bathroom. We specifically chose these areas as we know we would have a lot of space to work with as well as be able to produce an opening sequence with a good setting.
- 3. Corridor The corridor was used when Zoe makes her way up to the bathroom. We decided to use this corridor as it was fairly narrow and the lighting was reasonably dull; therefore, setting the scene. The narrowness and the dullness of the corridor help to present the ideas of isolation and fear, and overall portray the genre of horror.
- 4. Bedroom The bedroom was a key location in our opening sequence. We chose to use this specific bedroom as we knew there was a great amount of space which would result in the ability to capture many different shots and angles in order to make our opening sequence as interesting as possible. The bedroom is also very feminine which portrays Zoe’s characteristics and personality. Due to the room being feminine, the protagonist follows the stereotype of a typical female teenager.
- 5. Kitchen The kitchen was an extremely important location which we used in our opening sequence. We chose this kitchen as the it was of an appropriate size and the lighting was bright. The lighting was the main reason as to why we chose this specific kitchen. This is because it is the complete opposite to the dull and narrow corridor which was used later on in the opening sequence. The bright lighting connotes happiness which is a contradiction of horror films as they are meant to connote danger, fear and sadness.
- 6. Conservatory We decided to use the conservatory for the scene where the telephone rings. We chose this area as the lighting was exactly how we wanted it to be. We also liked this location as the natural cream walls did not distract attention from Zoe’s face during the close up shot which was used when she receives a phone call.
- 7. Bathroom The bathroom scene is where the most thrilling events in the opening sequence take place. We chose to use this bathroom as it is spacious, has a good layout and the colours in the bathroom are very neutral with good natural light coming through. The mirror is also large which was perfect in creating our opening sequence ending, which was a cliffhanger.
- 8. Our Final Thoughts Overall, as a group we were very pleased with the locations that we had used throughout our opening sequence. We felt they were of a good size and that they all helped to create a horror film which is exactly what we was hoping for. They were also based in convenient areas for us all and we could easily access them.