Part 4

The plot of our film changed quite a few times, as we realised how difficult it would be to film the different effects needed, for a title sequence. Our original idea was a vampire love story, which was called “Love bite”. The plot was that Emily got turned into a vampire because the evil vampire had fallen in love with her; however, she was still in love with her boyfriend, who was going to be played by Zac Efron, which infuriated the vampire and made the boyfriend a target. Emily was trying to save her boyfriend, whilst the evil vampire was trying to kill him, which lead to a fight between Emily and the vampire, where the vampire gets killed at the end. But Emily is still left in a situation where she is a vampire, with a mortal boyfriend, so she has to make the choice of whether she wants to turn him into a vampire or keep him human, hence the name Love bite. We used Zac Efron as the boyfriend as he would appeal to the younger audience. However, we realised that this storyline was too similar to the one of Twilight, so decided to take the romance aspect out.

The genre of our film is made clear to the audience, as our title sequence consists of a chase scene. Chase scenes are very common in thriller films, as well as dark and sinister atmospheres such as the one we have in our title sequence. We have used different camera angles, such as worm’s eye angle, when Emily jumps over the camera and bird’s eye view when you see Emily running form a higher angle. We have also used point of view shots to build suspense and tension. A long shot is also used when you see the vampire and Emily run past the camera from a distance. Our varied camera angles help build the tense atmosphere of our title sequence. It also helps set the fast pace.

The music we used also helped build the pace of the title sequence, as it started off calm but increased in tempo as the pace of the running scene increased. The digetic sound of the scream sends out a distress signal and also creates a tense atmosphere because it makes the audience question what is happening to the girl as the title sequence does not make it obvious that it is a vampire film.

Our typography was found on final cut pro. I believe that it goes well with our title sequence as it sets an eerie atmosphere and works really well with the music. We also got a lot of positive feedback about how well the typography works with the tone and mood of our title sequence.