Genre

The genre me and my group have chosen to do for our opening sequence is Horror. This is a popular genre in the film industry, which is good for our film, as we would want to attract as many audience members as possible. Horror films want to get a a negative emotional reaction from their audience by playing with there fears. They want to startle their audience, by using things such as the unknown.

Examples of techniques used in horror movies which we have used on our Opening Sequence is use of lighting. Our scene starts off in a  kitchen, and the lighting is dark which creates shadows and makes the scene seem more sinister. We also use flashbacks which scares the audience and lets them know that there is something more sinister about the female protagonists' situation in the film. 

Popular element in horror films include:

• Ghosts
• Aliens
• Vampires
• Werewolves
• Curses
• Satanism
• Demons
• Gore
• Torture
• Vicious Animals
• Monsters
• Zombies
• Cannibals
• Serial Killers

The horror genre attracts a lot of audience members, with the highest grossing horror film of all time, The Sixth Sense, earning $293.5 million.

There are many examples of high grossing horror films, including:

The Exorcist (1973)

What Lies Beneath (2000)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Ring (2002)

Shutter Island (2010)