Reseach on Horror sequences

I began to look and look into opening of horror title sequences, i first looked at a remake title sequence of Saw which involved no people but used the colour red as a sign of blood and danger therefore i thought that i would need the colour red to give my horror film the useable theme of a horror which i wanted in order for my film to fit in with all the horror films. From saw i realised i wanted the font to be which so the red font was inspired by the use of red in the remake opening of Saw, it just sets the scene for the audience and this is what i want to achieve.

I then look at certain films such as Halloween and Nightmare on elm street and this showed that the typical horror film is at a seasonal time therefore this inspired me to make my film at Christmas. i wanted to follow the rules of the horror and use a seasonal time therefore these two films inspired my thought of Christmas. I also got the idea of giving my opening the feel that gives the audience just enough to be intrigued of what will happen next and give them bring up questions which they want to be answered.

The music i chose was whittled down to a few after trying out different soundtracks to fit my satisfaction and to most importantly fit into my opening sequence. I didn't want no talking in my opening as i didn't want to give any think away and also i wanted to let the shots do the talking, show the power of music and how the right music can draw any type of audience into the sequence. This was inspired by the halloween because although there was talking, the music controlled the emotions of the audience and created the tension for the scene and without it the sequence would not be as successful. Through my research i planned in depth what i wanted to achieve with my opening title sequence, i knew the structure based on inspiration and therefore from this, i then planned and storey boarded my sequence.