Editing

To start off the opening of my production I have put in the production titles. Before my production titles appear there is a blank screen for 01:19 seconds then the production appears, after that the distribution appears, in the middle of the distribution title there is a flash of the victim walking into the woods. My production titles and distribution titles have the same background and the same text so that I didn't need to include an effect to make it flow better. i chose to use the production title 'Past Productions' this is because once you have died you will always be in the past and not the future. The font effect on the writing all give the sense of ear and fast movement, this also gives the audience a feeling of horror ready for the film.

After the opening production and distribution titles the start of my production begins. There is around two seconds of hand held footage this is to create tension within the opening, it then cross dissolves into my victim walking into the woods on her own. In my opening every time there is a cut jump with some slow motion and a non-diegetic 'boom' in the background this is to create tension for the viewers as they think of what is going to happen. the back ground music is called 'scaryscape' that i found on freesounds.org which is a non copyright website. the reason i chose this piece of music is because it's eeire and will create tension.

In my production you do not see the killer. This is because I wanted to create tension for the viewers. By me not showing the killer right at the very start, the audience will be feel tense throughout the rest of the film.
I decided to add an increase of red balance in to my horror opening, this is because I thought that it created a sense of death and blood. When my victim is walking through the woods I decided to have a non diagetic piece of music playing called 'suonho'. I chosen this piece of music because it creates tension and works well with my victim walking through the woods. In my production I have used misc-en-scene to represent that my victim is young and innocent, I have done this by getting my victim to wear casual clothing and a yellow top so that she stands out in the clips.

I edited my opening with clips of movement in the woods and constantly cut back to my victim, I did this because I didn't want my audience to forget about my victim but at the same time I didn't just want my victim constantly walking throughout the opening. When my victim hears the weird noise and a scream i cut to handheld, this makes the audience feel like they are part of the opeing running away. Also, I also added non diagetic sounds repeatedly to put the audience on edge.

At the begining of my production I have added the title of my actresses name, whilst my victim is walking into the woods, i have also timed the titles to appear when there is a jump cut and a 'boom'. People in charge of screenplay and casting like to make it appear more of an opening for the film rather than a part of a film. The font i chose to use is just a plain font, this is because I thought that if i used afont that created distortions it would take it away from the jump cut.

At the end of my opening i have added more text in three seperate clips, I did this because it creates anxiety for the audience and makes them feel uneasy. I used a large font in a bold red colour on a black background. The red represents death and blood and the black represents nothingness.

In conclusion, I believe the way in which i have edited the opening resembles what I was trying to achieve which was to create a sense of anxiety in the woods without actually seeing a killer. I bleieve that by me doing this that it's a good way to set the audience up for what the film is about.

My production started to drag, so to change this I added in more titles that run in and out of the whole production. I think that this was good as it breaks up the story line. I have chosen to make titles that use a red font that lie on a black background. This works well because the red gives a sense of blood.