Preliminary Task

Post Production: Sound

Sound is a vital component in the horror film opening, as it creates an eerie feel to the piece and helps build up the tension to the opening's climatic ending. In order to find the appropriate sounds, we searched on the website "freesound" where sound effects and compositions of music are posted by users and can be downloaded for free. 

For the first half of our horror opening, the sound used is low and ominous and non-distruptive. The sound is prominent but not overwhelming, as the main action has not begun yet - the character is just walking over a bridge and then resting.

However, when the protagonist in the opening hears a suspicious noise, the score takes a dramatic turn. Strings will be introduced as the action' space picks up and the thought of a potential antagonist is alluded to.

Sound effects that wil need to be provided include; heavy breathing for when the protagonist hears the noise and begins to panic. The other sound effect that wil be included is the noise itself, most likely the splashing of water from the river below.

Post Production: Editing/Titles

During the editing process, we had to create titles which would play over the opening. We had to consider the tone and themes of the opening and be aware that the titles had to reflect that feel. The font, colours and background of the screen had to be altered to reflect it - it was imperative to incorporate codes and conventions in the titles. We decided to have a black background with white font. However, the white font has inflections of red behind it which can symbolise danger and blood. 

The letters in "Cling Films" are spaced out evenly, with it filling most of the screen whilst "A" and "production" are smaller and the letters are not spaced apart, which means the focus mainly falls on the name of our production company.

Our first title is a "starring" title, with the first actor's name appearing is "Jennifer Adler". As it is a starring title, the name appears for slightly longer on screen than the other names of the actors. In addition, the fact that the name appears solely on its own suggests that it is a starring role.

Other actors names featured include "Leo Winslet" and "David Matthews". Two names appearing at once indicate that these actors don't have starring roles in the production, and they are more lily supporting roles. They also don't appear on screen for as long.