R+P Post 8: Our opening sequence idea, to include sound and titles

Opening sequence: Our opening sequence will begin with the stalker and main character, Grace, checking up on the social media of the girl that she is stalking, Ella. While going through her Facebook she discovers that Ella is now in a relationship with Grace's ex-boyfriend, Anthony. This angers Grace and causes her to cancel her plans with her friends when they call her and plot her murder of Ella, crossing her face out on her mood board.

Grace then receives a Twitter notification from Ella who has just left to go to the gym. Grace looks at the clock and realises it's time to leave and follow Ella. Grace watches Ella walk past her house from her window, and then rushes to pack her backpack with a knife and various other stalking equipment.

She runs down the stairs and out of the door, while pushing past her brother telling him she'll be "gone for a while". The sequence ends with Grace slamming her front door shut and taking a deep breath, ready to stalk.

Titles:
For our titles we researched into existing film opening titles, and our primary influence was the website Art of the Title (www.artofthetitle.com).

One title sequence that really inspired our decisions was American Horror Story. American Horror Story is a gothic horror TV series and the simple white font that contrasted with the creepy music gave us ideas for our own sequence.

However we also had to keep in mind the conventions of titles, such as introducing the cast and crew and informing the audiences of the institutions behind the film. 

The titles that we plan to include are:

• Directed by Prudence Carter-Phillips
• Produced by Gabriel Meytanis
• Starring Celine George
• and Ella Thompson
• Edited by Josh Oranu-Noah
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Sound:
The track we chose for our background music is called "Saw The Devil" and is composed by Alexis Smith and Joe Henson; it can be found on AudioNetwork. We chose this track because it has a medium tempo which suited the pace of the editing that we planned. Furthermore, the track is quite simplistic so it doesn't distract from the plot of our sequence however the pulsing beats add to the atmosphere of tension and fear. The track builds up and climaxes at certain points which we felt would suit the growing anger and determination of our main character.