Target Audience

The target audience of our film opening is going to be mainly young people. This means we will have to cooperate with the relevant legislation enforced by the British Board of Film Classification.





The 15 label means nobody below age 15 can buy, rent, or watch the film in the cinema. The Prezzi below displays what the British Board of Film Classification states is not allowed in a 15 rated film.





The 18 label means no-one under the age of 18 is allowed to buy, rent, or watch the film in the cinema. The Prezzi below shows what the British Board of Film Classification states an 18 is not legally allowed to include -

Why Horror?

Why we have chosen Horror as the genre for our film opening.
Inspiration: We  have been inspired by Films such as the Blaire Witch Project and Paranormal activity to create a 'Mocumentary' style Paranormal found footage Horror. 
Costs: the costs of filming something like this is very low, the Blaire Witch Project was filmed on a very low budget compared to other films and made a lot of money despite this. for us, using handheld camera work is not only the look we are going for but would also be very cheap.
SFX: We have dicussed filming in black and white or putting a night vision effect onto the footage which we feel will enhance the look and feel of our work.

Horror Research

Horror Genre Research

Typical Features of the Horror Genre:  Horror films have certain codes and conventions that can be used to define the genre of film. Such as Low key Lighting, fast paced cuts and things such as quotes from interviews and there is always a threat and occasionally investigation of sounds or noises. 

We are going to create our film opening in the Horror Genre and to do this we plan to include; Flashbacks from Characters, Fast paced cutting as well as cross cutting, using Handheld camera work to make the audience feel like they are a part of the action and put them closer to what is happening as well as highly naturalistic acting to create the look that we are going for. we also want to create an Enigma for the audience which will make them question what is to come.

Night vision

This is used in many films to create a 'real life' and 'home made' feel to the film. Connecting with the audience more creating a more tense atmosphere. We think we could use this in our film opening as it reinforces the conventions from other films we have researched. 

Possible Filming Location

Location: Battle Abbey School

Battle Abbey is a historical building located in East Sussex. As well as the medieval architecture the Abbey contains 'the ruins' from the collapsed church. The Abbey has been investigated in recent times due to paranormal scares and ghosts. 

Typical locations of horror films: Typically horrors are filmed in and around historical or deralict buildings and 'haunted houses'. They may also be filmed in places that we see as safe such as homes or schools, which shows the audience that anything can happen, this adds fear.  

Possible Filming Location

 Location: Stacklands Retreat, West Kingsdown

Abandoned Church beside Stackland Retreat House in West Kingsdown. This church and house has been left for many years. It was part of Bromley Church estate and is said to be haunted. It was a purpose built retreat house offering facilities for residential or day training events, conferences, quiet days or retreats.

Possible Filming Location

Location: Bodium Castle, Robertsbridge

Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and entrance are marked by towers, and topped by crenellations. Its structure, details and situation in an artificial watery landscape indicate that display was an important aspect of the castle's design as well as defence. It was the home of the Dalyngrigge family and the centre of the manor of Bodiam.

Features of a Film Opening

We have composed a short movie demonstrating the typical features that we believe are common in film openings.

WARNING: Some content may be unsuitable for sensitive viewers.

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Genre: a style or category of art, music, or literature

Genre: a style or category of art, music, or literature


Genre can be defined by mise en scene, lighting, sound: diagetic and non diagetic as well as editing and camera movements, shots and angles. This can be seen in television and movies.

Sone typical features of the comedy genre are shown below.

Typical Features of the Science Fiction Genre.

Blog Intro

Hello examiner 
We are Georgia, Katie, Will and Emily. This is our blog, we are going to show you the process towards the production of our movie opening. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks.