IDEAS FOR OPENING 2 MINUTES – The Summoning.

-Ouija board   -zippo lighter -make up for ‘monster’

Genre: Horror.

Characters:

-          -‘Leader’ – Brave. Jock. –Leather jacket, white shirt, black jeans, dark shoes.  –Matt.

-          -Whimp/Geek – scared. –Geeky t-shirt, Jeans, converse, check shirt. – Billy.

-          -Girl – preppy –Skinny jeans, cardigan, nice shirt, shoes. –Zoe.

-          -Dark one – suggests Ouija board – Black jeans, dark clothing, dark shoes.– Conor.

-          -Average – normal guy – jeans, sweater (zipper), casual clothes, Vans.– Bill.

-          -Monster/ghost - Scary – Luke.

Title sequence:

-         - Names of featured people.    –Names go with establishing shot.     –Logo: Independent Film Making (studios)

Music:

-         -Discordant.    –Eerie.    -Creepy.    –Piano.    –Guitar.   – Goes with establishing shot.

Scenes:

-          -Establishing Shot.   –Ouija Board.   –Lighter Scene.    –Title Scene.

Name Suggestions:

Initial ideas	Shortlist	Final idea
-          The Morgue	Darkening	The Summoning
-          The disturbance	Darkest fate
-          The mortuary	Candle Light
-          A game of monsters	A Ghost’s Game
-          Manipulation	The Forgotten
-          Dark script	Behind it All
-          The devils deal	Deil of Darkness
-          Blood haunting	Darkness Veil
-          The devils conjuring	Gateway
-          The spirit within
-          Possessors grip
-          The screaming flame
-          Boarderline / Borderline
-          The spirits influence

  We have decided that the film we want to make will be a horror. The appeal of the horror genre is that it is very unlike any other genre; when you see a horror film you instantly know it is a horror film. In a lot of ways, this makes a horror easier to film, as you have a distinct structure and idea of what you should be doing during filming. Further appeals of making a horror film are that you only need a minimal amount of props, so the price of production is kept low.

  When brainstorming our film we knew we wanted to strike a good balance between being faithful to the genre, but also have our own spin on things. The risk of sticking too close to genre conventions is that the film becomes cliché, and while being cliché is it’s self a convention of the genre, it is not something we want to include in our film. On the other hand, if we try too hard to be different and have our own spin on things, we risk the film losing touch with the genre.