Props, Costumes and Locations

Props

The props we will be using for my group's opening sequence will include two objects: an asthma pump and a mobile phone. We will be using a phone as that is the object that keeps one of the female characters (Demi) connected to her 'boyfriend' (that she has met through social media). Funnily enough, it is through social media that Demi and her 'boyfriend' have organised their double date (as Demi brings her friend, Megan, whilst her 'boyfriend' brings his friend). In some of the shots in the opening sequence we will be showing the messages from Demi to the guy who she's meeting up with and as a result, we will show a shot of the phone with the message sent from the guy where he changes the location of their date. This therefore shows the audience the change of scenery and how the theme of horror comes into play in the opening sequence. Also we use the phone in the woods as well when the two girls split up and the phone rings, and it shows the person who is ringing the phone. 

The second object we are using is an asthma pump/inhaler. We will be using this because the other female character (Megan) is asthmatic, and when she is running through the woods to find the boys, she drops her asthma pump in the woods through panic and doesn't realise this until later on in the sequence. We will use a close up to show the asthma pump on the ground to show that she has dropped it. Later on, she stops as she does suffer from an asthma attack which makes her unconscious on the floor as she cannot breath, so the prop is a crucial part for one of the characters.

This is the asthma pump that will be used as a prop:

This is the mobile phone that will be used as a prop:

Costumes

The two girls (Demi and Megan): The two female characters will be wearing articles of clothing that relates to the Winter season (meaning that leggings, blazers, boots, jeans and winter coats will be clothes expected to be featured in the opening sequence). This is to show that the film takes place into the Winter season, so the audience can feel a sense of normality from roughly knowing the time in which the opening sequence was filmed. Normal clothes would be worn to show the normality they are in from the beginning and show that the would be doing something that is considered to be a normal thing among a number of teenagers. In their eyes they wouldn't expect this horrific incident to happen, which garners even more sympathy from the audience as they too would know the two female characters are vulnerable and not expecting any tragic occurrences. Additionally, these normal clothes replicate that they are just innocent young teenagers who didn't realise they were doing something wrong, therefore contrasting with the killers clothes as the killer would intentionally wear clothing that is fully black.

The killer: The male killer would be wearing all black clothes to essentially tell the audience that he is an evil character. Black signifies evil as that is what the colour is known to connote, as well as also connoting death and mystery, which are a further two elements that will be featured in some way in the opening sequence. Also it shows a type of camouflage as the sequence is being shot in the dark, which allows the killer to gain a chance of hiding and produce mysterious noises to frighten these young and innocent adolescent girls. Also, especially as it would be dark, the two females can't see him, so it would be much easier for him to stalk them without getting caught whilst doing so.

Location

My group decided to film in Malmesbury Park (the location of the three images above) due to the eerie vibes that we feel are exuded from this park. Considering the genre of our product will be horror, eerie vibes are exactly what our group wanted in order to scare the viewer, which is typically the aim of all horror movies. The only difference, however, is that my group has decided to film the footage for our opening sequence in daylight rather than at night, since our footage will most likely be more visible if shot in daylight than if shot at night.