mindmap planning!!

This mind map is part of our planning and shows the types of sounds we will be using, our props, our characters and our scenery. It also briefly shows bits the types of camera angles we will be using.

Sound ideas

My media group and I are thinking about using rhymes for our opening sequence to avoid copyright issues as well as giving our sequence a chilling atmosphere.
This rhyme is a good example of what we should aim for as this uses childlike voices and so that in that sense it is similar to our storyline.

Questionnaire!

The following questionnaire was used to give us feed back on the plans and ideas on our opening sequence, it was read out to our class and these are their answers.

1) Can you write 3 typical conventions of a thriller film?
Thrilling, making the audience jump, violence and an atmospheric setting

2) Our selective target audience is 15 years and up, do you think this fits with our sequence?
Our class answered yes

3) Do you think black & white effects adds suspense?
Our class answered no

4) Do you think our setting is appropriate?
Our class answered yes

5) Do you think nursery rhymes are more effective than 'creepy' music?
Our class answered yes

6) Do you think the use of flashbacks create more tension?
Class answered yes (also not to use too many)

7) Which nursery rhyme do you think would fit in our sequence?
Class answered 'Humpty Dumpty' and 'Ring-a-ring-rosies'

8) Is there anything you think we could improve?
Someone suggested dressing our murderer in innocent Victorian clothing

Treatment

At the beginning of the opening we see the black and white image of a small girl skipping happily through Christchurch park. We can hear the non-diegetic sound of an eerie nursery rhyme. This creates mystery because the child is alone without adult. Also the soundtrack makes he audience feel unnerved.

A point of view shot will be used showing a rustle in the bush. This then triggers a flashback with a tinge of red. We hear the non-diegetic sound of voices in the small girls head telling her to kill someone. This is completely unconventional as this is not something you would expect from an innocent child.
As she returns to real life, she walks through a playground. As she does this the swings being to swing and the roundabout begin to turn. This shows the audience somethings is not right and therefore creates tensions.

Later on in the opening the flashbacks become more regular and we see her kill the victims. We return to reality, we see the girl placing a cross on the victims grave. However blood begins to run down the grave and the ghost of the victim appears.