Possible Music Options

As it is not allowed for us to use copyrighted music, we have decided to try and find appropriate music from an unsigned artist from either youtube or soundcloud. The music should be fitting with the psycho thriller genre and should be slightly creepy and unnerving. However if we do not find anything appropriate, we may have to create out own music using garageband.

Opening Music

http://soundcloud.com/blaketothefuture/icy-weather
http://soundcloud.com/ourbandcanbeyourlife-77/fant-omas-rosemarys-baby

Closing Music

http://soundcloud.com/eolicasjanaosevem/creepy

http://soundcloud.com/shaumon/fantastically-depressing

For this scene, we need creepy, jolty music that will help unveil the plans that the police officers find on the psychiatric patients cell wall.

We have also looked at covers of Paramore's song "Decode" by several unsigned artists as we think it would suit the opening sequence of our film well as it is slightly haunting and fits the genre of the film. The original version of this song was also featured in the film "Twilight".

Original cover of "Decode" (Paramore)

Here are several different cover versions of the song by different unsigned artists:

http://soundcloud.com/charlemagnems/decode-cover
http://soundcloud.com/sonnenheld/decode-paramore-cover
http://soundcloud.com/dreic/decode-piano-and-string-cover

Another opening credit that has been inspirational when deciding the genre and plot of our opening sequence is the series "American Horror Story". The music during the opening credits could be a possible option for something similar in our opening sequence.

Influences

The film that inspired us the most to choose a psycho thriller genre is the David Fincher film, Seven. The opening sequence of the film is dark and disturbing, much like we wish ours to be. The idea of a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi inspired us when planning out the plot of our story. With this, we decided to base our film on a recently escaped psychiatric patient who believes he is the next prophet, sending messages from God by killing 10 people who do not obey the 10 commandments.

The opening sequence of Seven involves the killer carefully planning each of the murders. We planned to use a similar approach in our sequence consisting of a number of shots, possibly a long shot, of a wall in our killer's room containing similar plans for the 10 murders.  

The credits themselves are interesting in terms of the type of font which was used, contrasting with the background. This may also be used in our opening sequence although we haven't looked for any specific fonts yet. 

Target Audience and Plot Development

We decided that the target audience would be male and female aged 15-25. This is partly because of the genre and plot of the film. We believe that the film would appeal to both males and females because there is a good variety of different characters in the film i.e. the main character is male but his victims are all females. However the target audience can depend on the way in which we film the opening sequence. If we decide to do it with a more religious aspect, it may appeal to an older audience of both male and female. Although, our initial idea was to focus more on the killing of the victims rather than the religious reasons why. We have used the 10 Commandments purely as a link between the murders rather than as a focus point of  the film. This will possibly rule out older audiences as it has a slightly niche storyline but gives it a horror aspect that people under 25 will enjoy.

In terms of developing the plot, we are considering altering the ways in which the victims are killed. Initially we planned that a mentally deranged man kills ten people who do not follow the 10 Commandments, however we came to the conclusion that this contradicts the man's agenda as one of the 10 Commandments is "Thou shall not kill". We now believe that it will make more sense for the man to psychologically force the victims into suicide. We will develop this idea more so that we will have a clear idea by the time we compose the opening sequence.

Music and Location Choices

Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJkP2C8Bg6Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCtgTpxgwjc

We chose these two pieces of music as we wanted something classic but creepy, as these will be very affective and reflect the genre of the piece.

Locations

Bethlem Psychiatric Hospital - We thought that possible shots could be used of the killer leaving the hospital and this would make the shots more realistic.

Spring Park Woods - This can be used as a possible setting for the first crime scene which is the opening scene.

Pitch

A psycho thriller inspired by "Seven". A mentally deranged man believes he is the next prophet, killing 10 people who don't follow the 10 Commandments.

Moodboard 3

I chose these images because i think they represent the genre of the film well. The dark dull colours represent a thriller, and the 'psycho' text explains the films character. The picture of a person in woods explains a particular scene which we have in mind which is filmed in a foggy woods. I think looking at this mood board makes the genre become clear. 

Moodboard 2

Although we have decided on the genre, psycho thriller, we still need to look at various examples (some shown in the mood board such as Seven, The Usual Suspects and Taxi Driver) in order to develop more detailed ideas for our opening sequence.