More research could never hurt

I wanted to dedicate this blog posting to doing some research on possible methods, techniques, and the overall ambiance of some either horror film intros, or intros meant to be determinately creepy or having to deal with murder. An obvious one which I've discussed time and time again, is the Get Out intro. What truly stands out to me is how the lighting looks so crisp, even though they are outside and its dark out. Similarly the slow pans as the character walk by adds in this relative motion of the camera that look unnatural, but quite interesting. Similarly the jump scare is perfect for a horror intro and well timed, while also giving the audience the needed "on your toes" wow factor. Lastly, the fade in of the song being played from the car into the main titles seems like proper justice for the technique. It is such a unique technique which we hope can aide us, as the technique plays so well to develop the pop that had just unfolded on screen.

The Halloween movie series is classic, along with the 1978 movie introduction. I believe the introduction does many things well, and possibly we could try to integrate a couple of those ideas. The score through out the entirety of the opening is just flat out creepy, which really adds to environment. As well, I can truly appreciate the first person point of view, but I don't believe that is the creative direction we are headed. I also thoroughly enjoyed the sound effects through out, such as staleness of the house and his heaving breathing through out the scene. It definitely leaves viewers feeling as if they were inside that house, seeing the murder first hand.

The scream intro may as well be on of the more illustrious horror movie introductions ever, beginning from the title screen. I truly love the opening of the titles popping out along with some screaming, while the text turns blood red. This could possible be a trick for us to integrate as it adds a sort of pre set emotions to the audience. The intro also uses a lot of Dutch tilts at times to add to this scenario of slashing and creepiness, without anything even remotely scary happening on screen. The intro also films the outside of the house through cuts to add to the premise that something is waiting for the character outside to come murder her. It seems like a great narrative to introduce the main killer without there physical presence. Finally one of the things I truly like about this opening is the lighting. The character has at least some of the lightning upon her during the opening parts, but as she discovers the slasher is watching her, she paces around the house in darkness and lowkey lighting.

The following is the movie opening from the 2007 Film, Zodiac. What I truly like about this murder film intro, is that it isn't depicted as such. It is painted rather as a date, so when the climax of the introduction comes, the viewers will be surprised. They introduce the murderer well through a car driving up and turning off its lights. As it drives away, we get distracted by other occurrences. But in a few instances the murder comes back without saying anything. I truly believe for out film, the only way to develop a serial killer is through silence. It adds to the fear the audience has of the murderer, while at the same time developing that psychopathic emotion of the slasher.