I have chosen to focus on horror and thriller for my title sequence. Horror, as a genre, is extremely vast and can focus on many different elements to provoke fear. Some horrors focus on physical monsters that invade our reality, some focus on serial killers and murderers, some focus on more psychological or paranormal aspects, but they're all used to induce one thing: fear. Thrillers use similar techniques however most thrillers tend to steer clear of any paranormal or supernatural elements and try to stay more grounded in reality. Films in these genres generally end on either a cliffhanger or on a generally sad ending (a lot of characters have either died or gone missing etc.). There are so many sub-genres within both horror and thriller and I have decided to embrace elements from psychological-horror/thriller and crime-horror/thriller in my final pieces as I feel they work the best together. I feel like using the horror and thriller genre allows me to experiment and be versatile without even using any dialogue or narration; the beauty of these genres is that you can create an atmosphere easily and effectively with some decent lighting and choice of shot whereas with other genres like comedy or 'indie' films, I personally would find it hard to fully establish the genre without using dialogue.
Representation:
My title sequence has two main protagonists: a brother and a sister. The brother will be roughly a 17 year old male and the sister will be 16. Many teens in horror films are the focus point and many get killed almost immediately; there are also usually definite 'roles' each of the teens play in plot (the jock, the nerd, the virgin etc) and they tend to die in a certain order. I didn't want to stick to this stereotype of teen horrors, I wanted to focus on the psychological damage the brother has suffered at the hands of his sister going missing and also, despite her being kidnapped and mutilated, the sister's emotional strength and strong common sense (I'll display her strength in the photographs and I'm definitely not having her do some sort of daft scream or anything like that!).
Audience:
My key demographic is both males and females - it's why I've made the two main protagonists a male and a female - in the age range 18 - 25. This is the age range for many of the horror films I've studied and since I have taken inspiration from them, I believe my title sequence will warrant a similar age range.
Age Certificate:
My film would have an 18 certificate as not only is this right in the key demographic I'd be aiming for, it contains gore and horror elements that may not be suited for anybody younger.
Institution:
After doing my research on Wikipedia and IMDB, I have decided that my film will be produced by Blumhouse Productions, who have produced 'The Purge', 'Insidious', 'Sinister' and 'Paranormal Activity'
and are prominent producers of horror films. I also want it to be in association with James Wan, a well-known director who specialises in horror films. I want my film to be distributed by Lionsgate as they are synonymous with horror films after distributing 'Saw', 'The Last Exorcism' and 'The Cabin in The Woods'. I feel like these film companies fit well with the film I want to create.
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