Genre/Narrative

The genre of our initial idea for the opening of our film will be a supernatural thriller, which has proved a successful genre in the film industry with films such as Van Helsing, Underworld, The Blair Witch Project and Let the Right One In. It appeals to a range of target audiences, mostly between the ages of 15 and 50, and doesn't tend to differ in gender. In a lot of these films however, the vampire or the other supernatural being is the antagonist, the evil character who must be stopped, but with our idea, the vampire will be the protagonist - the main character who is innocent and struggling to cope with his secret life, despite being a killer.                         

                                                                                 (Modern-style vampires in the twilight saga )

Narrative - Our storyline is about a man who kills people as a vampire, but he doesn't at first know he is a vampire, it is an alter-ego alike to the story of Jekyll and Hyde. When he finds out, he doesn't like the idea of being a vampire, and is in denial, and the film is about him coping with his troubles, killing people along the way to aid his cravings. This is similar to older style vampire movies, to keep the traditional aspect of them with a modern edge, unlike the newer representations of vampires in popular films such as Twilight.  Our opening sequence reveals at the end that the protangonist is a vampire, where at the start of the scene, the viewer would only think there had been a 'normal' murder with the revealing of a body in a subway. 

(Jekyll and Hyde - alter ego's of the same person ^)

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Timeline of opening sequence:

• The camera shot is blurred, but slowly comes into focus, looking upwards as a POV shot, to show the character 'waking up' (from his vampire state, which at this stage is unknown)
• The character sees the body of someone 'dead' in the subway opposite him, and runs over to try and help (Still in POV shot)
• The character reaches out to help, but realises they already have blood on their hands (POV)
• The character staggers away from the body, unsure of whether they had something to do with the death (still in POV), and heads off down the subway, all that is heard is silence other than heavy 'panicked' breathing and footsteps.
• On the walls of the subway written in 'blood' is the credits of the film, such as 'featuring..., directed by...' etc. which appear clear as the protangonist walks closer to them.
• During this, quick shots of the 'dead person's' attack with high pitched 'scream' noises is put with the walking POV shots, to show disorientated flashbacks from the protangonists, but also reveal a bit more to the audience about what is going on. This is also put with shots of some of the character's features (bloody hands, walking feet, torso, etc) to reveal more to the audience about him, and cause more suspense. 
• The character bends down when noticing a puddle, and starts to wash his bloody hands (POV), and notices his reflection and seems scared.
• The camera pans around to see the face of the character for the first time, where he looks up, revealing blood on his lips and creepy looking features, to give away to the audience the vampire nature of the film. Eerie or dramatic supernatural sounding music begins to overlay.
• The scene cuts to a title page, revealing the title if the film, continuing with the music.
• This then cuts to a close up of the dead person's face, where she then opens her eyes (with creepy contacts in) and the music dramatically stops, to show the end of the scene and imply to the audience that this person is now also undead, or has been turned into a vampire. 

source of image: tumblr.com