Journal 09/01/14 - First initial plan for title sequence

In today's lesson we arranged our groups, in which we will work in to create our opening title sequence. Currently i am working with Aaron, Lucy and Laxmi. We discussed what genre we was going to focus on when making our title sequence and also the story line behind it, in order to create a presentation for Monday's lesson, pitching our film idea.

So far we have decided that our title sequence is going to be based on the Genre Horror/Thriller. The location for shooting has been discussed and we decided the best place to shoot the title sequence would be in the woods. 

The concept behind our title sequence is that two little girls have a doll, which one day leads them into the woods to play, this doll is possessed. Once in the woods the children are unable to leave as the woods have taken over them, they become dehumanized, disorientated and lost. 

The title sequence will show two little girls clutching the doll walking through the woods. They will appear to the audience as being disconnected with civilization and lack all human expression and emotions. The scenes will show the two little girls wondering through the woods and also a brief scene of them playing the childhood game "patter cake". 

When filming this title sequence we are going to select various different camera shots such as extreme close-up, close-ups and wide establishing shots in particular to create the atmosphere and mood for the viewer.
Editing such as jumps cuts will also be used to disorientate the title sequence therefore adding to the effect of it being a horror film. We will also used face pace editing and distorted nursery rhymes to create this effect on the viewer.