Throughout our film opening we have used various conventions of the horror genre which allowed us to be able to build tension throughout the clip. For example, the victim within our horror film eventually gets left alone by her two friends as she has to go a different way to get home, also she begins to venture down an alleyway to get home which is also quite a typical convention of a horror because alleyways are considered frightening when you're on your own and they are hard to escape from as they're quite compact.
We also used the aspect of phones as communication, which we thought was quite similar to the Scream films as the antagonist in these films used telephone calls to talk to his victims, so we chose to use text messages as a way for the antagonist/murderer to threaten their next victim, and in this case it was the two remaining friends.
We also followed the convention of what the antagonist would wear as a costume, because it is very likely that they would wear dark or black clothing when they were about to attack a victim so they look more threatening, or so they could blend in with the shadows to conceal themselves. So we went along with this convention which allowed me to wear a whole black costume, including a black hoodie which allowed to somewhat hide my face when we were filming the murder clips.
Finally we also went along with one of the conventional murder weapons that would be used in a horror film, again we found inspiration from the Scream films as the antagonist within those films would use a knife to attack his victims, which allowed us to decide that we wanted to use the same weapon because knifes are seen as extremely threatening and the sharpness gives the audience the idea of how much damage could be done by using that particular weapon. This particular screen grab also shows the shot type, which is a close up of the knife which is covered in blood, which also creates quite a frightening image. The use of close ups in the horror genre is very useful as you're able to see particular things clearer, even if its not intentional.
Even though we included a variety of horror conventions we also challenged them a little. The day that we decided to film the weather was quite sunny outside, and after a little while a rainbow began to form which wouldn't really be an expected setting within a horror film, however this also created contrast between the future events and the beginning of the film opening. This could be seen as quite a good thing because even though the setting was quite light which didn't fit with the aspect of the victim being attacked, the contrast could make the audience more tense as the event builds up.
Another convention that we challenged was the fact that the antagonist was played by a female in our film opening when they would usually be played by a male as they are portrayed as more violent and dominant. Even though our antagonist, which was played by me, was wearing a hoodie with the hood concealing some of the features you are still able to tell that the antagonist is in fact a female because you're able to see my facial features very close up when the camera is zoomed in on my face and you can see my hair blowing in the wind as I make my way down the alleyway towards the victim (Becca).
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