Editing our Opening Sequence

At the beginning of our opening sequence we decided to put the Twisted Pictures production company at the start because they look very professional and do lots of well known horror/ thriller films.

This image is of the editing process where the Twisted Pictures production company intro fades into the shot of Jodie's legs (Saskia) doing the hop scotch.

Then we got the shots of Jodie skipping, playing hopscotch and her legs when she is hanging from tree. Over this we put the recording of jodie singing "ring a ring o' roses" which we recorded on garage band. This also was put over the the Twisted Pictures intro so it created a sound bridge as the scene fades in.

Kelcie edited the recording to make it sound more high pitched, like a young girl.

We decided to make the shots of jodie black and white so it would give it a flash back effect, which would help the audience understand what is happening.

We used a lot of fading to a black screen for the titles so it would stand out more with the red writing. This would help so it doesn't clash with the scenes so you can read it.

We edited the writing to slide across the screen rather than just stay still, before it fades into the next scene.

For the next part of the sequence there was a very noticeable jump between the two shots. Kelcie tried to edit it to make it less noticeable, so we thought that the titles should go over the jump but we then realised that kelcie needed to put the black screen in, like the rest of them, which cut the jump out. This was very effective as you couldn't notice the jump anymore.

For the text of the titles we chose Baskerville in red. We chose this font because its sharp and thin, which gives it a better thriller effect, and the red was an easy choice because its a typical code of horror/thriller films as it represents something sinister or even blood. We had the soft edge effect on the opening credits, and had the cross zoom effect on the title of the film where it slides to the side as you read it. These effects are a good stereotype of a horror due to the sharpness and the fading which is why we chose them.

After looking through lots of different audio clips on Imovie we found a few creepy, tension building clips that would be suitable for the genre of our film. We added these in throughout our film to create suspense and to make some scenes jumpy. At the start of our film, we decided on having Jodie singing a nursery rhyme as we couldn't find any suitable on Imovie. This turned out very successfully after we edited it to make it more high pitched, as it sounded like a young child.