Initial idea 2

Genre- Horror

My groups idea for a horror film opening, was inspired by series American Horror Story’s. Our main inspiration was the use cinematography of each small scene, that was constantly changing. We like the idea of having lots of different quick shots merged together. The opening for the Murder House and Asylum series both begin with the credits combined with mis-en scene, cinematography, sound and editing that build up an eerie tension. This creates a sense of fear for the audience.

AHS POV Shot

For Features of mi en scene, we planned to film in a dark, dingy setting, with little, (washed-out) makeup on the characters. The Cinematography during American Horror Story is sharp and well planned. There are a range of different camera angles used to capture the audience’s attention were the, POV, tracking and pan shots. My group and me decided to attempt the tracking, POV and pan shots, to make our film opening professional and grab the audience’s attention.

AHS Tracking Shot

AHS Mid-shot

The opening credits to American horror story has non-diegetic music playing over the top of diegetic sounds, that can be seen as parallel sounds. The non-diegetic music was very layered at some points however at other points it was just simple sounds, this builds up tension. Diegetic sound was also used, to help create atmosphere within an opening, for example sounds of lightening strikes.  For our opening It would be a good idea for us to incorporate diegetic and non-diegetic sound to create the eerie atmosphere we want.

The editing in the opening of American Horror Story’s; Murder house and Asylum’s extremely precise, with no real storyline. The use of quick transitions from scene-to-scene implies the genre is based on horror. It includes scenes lit dimly lit however a white object is included in most scenes to grad the audience’s attention. My group and I are inspired by the range of transitions between scenes and want to include this type of editing in our work.