To get a good idea of a horror we researched many horror film opening to get ideas about what happens and how the film grabs the audiences attention.
The Astronauts Wife
Genre: Horror
18
Zoom into the sun
NEW CINIMA LINE
snow falling
plane go past the window, with NEW YORK written on the side
close up on a man walking out of shop, in a gloomy dark night
first actors - johnny depp and charlize theron
two shot, man and women close up. women laying on the mans back kissing his neck
dialog between the couple
watching the television
quiet classical music playing smoothly in the background
dialoge- "come her baby, come here"
couple in bed, hugging and laughing
radio noise speaking- "evaluation pilot, lets go. 3-2-1 take off" "we've left off"
mid shot on back of women
close up on womens hand touching the window
space rocket taking off, with bright red fire flames
loud noise from roacked
zoom in on earth
women is a teacher and shes teaching her class- "what do they have in space?"
children playing and screaming - "mrs, you have a phone call?"
phone call, husband ringing from space. -dialoge between them-"so what you wearing."
close up on the women
mid shot on friend
dialoge between charlize and friend "he rang you from out of space!" "men are like car spaces"
cuts her finger with knife while watching the news,
dramatic fast pace, beating.
television reports on her husband in the rocket
news reports of husband in accident
folly effects- door bell
friend shouting- "its spencer, its spencer."
fast beat...
names flashing on the screen in bold white writting.
The Astronauts Wife
Genre: Horror
18
Zoom into the sun
NEW CINIMA LINE
snow falling
plane go past the window, with NEW YORK written on the side
close up on a man walking out of shop, in a gloomy dark night
first actors - johnny depp and charlize theron
two shot, man and women close up. women laying on the mans back kissing his neck
dialog between the couple
watching the television
quiet classical music playing smoothly in the background
dialoge- "come her baby, come here"
couple in bed, hugging and laughing
radio noise speaking- "evaluation pilot, lets go. 3-2-1 take off" "we've left off"
mid shot on back of women
close up on womens hand touching the window
space rocket taking off, with bright red fire flames
loud noise from roacked
zoom in on earth
women is a teacher and shes teaching her class- "what do they have in space?"
children playing and screaming - "mrs, you have a phone call?"
phone call, husband ringing from space. -dialoge between them-"so what you wearing."
close up on the women
mid shot on friend
dialoge between charlize and friend "he rang you from out of space!" "men are like car spaces"
cuts her finger with knife while watching the news,
dramatic fast pace, beating.
television reports on her husband in the rocket
news reports of husband in accident
folly effects- door bell
friend shouting- "its spencer, its spencer."
fast beat...
names flashing on the screen in bold white writting.
SEVEN- ANALYSE OF OPENING 2MINS.
Seven By David Fincher 1995
Genre: Thriller.
New line cinema production.
Scene of main character/ well known.
Close up of main character- over the shoulder into the mirror.
Isolated, mysterious character.
Dead body- characters at the crime scene, slow pan and colours dull.
Frame shot of other detective.
Low angle shot of Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman ( main characters) rainy and murky colours. Establishing genre from mise-on-scene.
Reverse tracking shot- 2 walking along.
New scene- laying in bed, foley effects going on in background.
Titles of production and actors. Pictures in between to set the genre, drawings that are scary etc.
Strobe lighting with screechy sound to set thriller genre
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