We used the video effect called 'romantic' which adds a blurs to the edge of a Varity of our shots. This adds an airy effect to the scene to emphasise that its a dream. Also it enhanced that its a dream we used a 'fade to black' every time a scene changes to emphasise that its not real life.
We also used slow motion in our opening sequence which adds suspense for the audience. With some parts being slower it takes longer for the audience to see what is happening next creating more tension for them.
We used vignette video effect whist the protagonist walks down the corridor to the girls room. This makes the area around look dark and gloomy which reflects the characters personality to help establish the characters in the opening scene.
Then after when we see the knife and he goes into the room there is a sci-fi effect. This makes the scene darker and gives a horror look to the scene.
Sound
A lot of non diegetic sounds are used though out the sequence with very little speech. This emphasises the only speech we have and the sounds and music helps set the horror genre.
The start of our sequence in our production company we used a loud sound of with an explosive sound this emphasises the importance of our film and draws the audience attention to the name of our company.
The first non-diegetic sound is extremely slow passed with a creepy airy sound to it. This is when the protagonist is being introduced making him seem mysterious. This music also fits in with the horror genre.
The first piece of diegetic sound that is heard says 'I cant wait to be part of the family.' The music stops when he says this and carries on when he's finished which signifies the importance of what he says, showing that its a key part to the film.
When 2 girls are introduced there is a non-diegetic sound of creepy lullaby music. This is portraying the girls innocents but also giving it a creepy effect, we know from this point something isn't quite right.
When there is a reaction shot of the two girl, a loud non-diegetic sound of a loud heart beat is playing. This shows the audience how scared the girls are due to what they have found, and makes the audience feel scared too.
When the step-dad is plotting the murder and when he goes to do it there is a non diegetic music being played. The sounds in the music increases as he gets closer into killing them. Adding high suspense for the audience as they know something as they know something bad is going to happen.
The music is stopped by the diegetic sounds of the girls giggling creating a very innocent scene. This brings sympathy to the girls because of dramatic irony of the audience, as they almost know what is going to happen to them.
The non-diegetic music starts again increasing until its stopped by the loud screams of the girls which are also non-diegetic. This shocks the audience as even though you cant see what is happening you can hear there screams again telling the audience how to feel. At the end of our opening sequence we have used the screaming from the two girls as a key to wake the mother from her nightmare in which is followed by a diegetic scream from the mum. In order to enhance the emphasis of the scream we have used an cathedral effect on it, which makes the scream increasingly louder and effective.
Camera
At the start of our opening sequence we have an establishing shot of the stepdads driving the car towards the destination of the family home. However we have used a panning movement along with this shot to allow the viewer to follow the destination of the car, emphasising its importance to the shot.
When the step-dad arrives at the family home a close up shot of his foot is firstly introduced when he arrives which builds up mystery in which the camera tracks his movement without viewing his identity. Which overall creates the "unknown".
When the step-dad is greeted by the mother there is a panning shot of her running up to him followed by zoom up to his facial reaction and speech is used to importantly to emphasise the step dads emotions and face expressions in contrast to the mothers happy reaction of his arrival.
A zooming shot is followed after a close up of the step-dads facial expression in order to highlight where he is looking. When the following shot is of the two girls how ever we can see asymmetrical power between the antagonist and the two innocent children when both shots have been used as a low angle to emphasise the character as powerful within the film.
The next scene within our film is a mid shot of the two girls sitting opposite each other singing a nursery rhyme. The use of this mid shot has seen focused on the opening sequence to highlight the conversational dialogue. However following on from that we have used a close up reaction shot when the two girls find a mysterious object in relation to the step dad which indicates to the audience how they should feel towards the step dad.
Followed by this we get a close up shot of the step-dad to emphasise his emotion and to enable the views to feel uncomfortable about the character.
We have used mid shot to view the step dad walking towards the girls bedroom from behind in order to build up suspense hence we cannot see his face and we can see that something is going to happen. We have used this as shot reverse shot in which the shot is followed by a shot with the two girls laughing in there bedroom back to a close up od a hand at the door with a knife which is an important enigma code in our film. However this shows a contrast of emotions between the characters, preparing the audience for what is going to happen next.
At the end of the opening sequence we have used a mid shot of the mother waking up from her nightmare which is followed by a diegetic scream. This shot is important to the scene as it is made to confuse the audience, leaving them wondering if it was a real event therefore the viewer will want to watch the rest of the film.
Mise-en-scene
At the beginning of our opening sequence, the first shot we can see that it is a bright sunny day however the shot is made to look dark through the houses blocking the sunlight, this connotes the step dad bringing darkness to the family home. In order to create a sense equilibrium and normality we shot the our sequence in day light which normally suggests a happy family feeling through the weather. The neighbour hood within the sequence is conveyed as family orientated; allowing the viewer to be able to relate to it. Both mother and step dad within our film are seen to be wearing every day modern clothing and a nice normal looking family house this is to create a sense of normality and every day life, so the audience will be able to relate to the situation.
When there is a shot of the girls bedroom it is bright and pink and cream colours creating a innocent pretty scene, this is contrasting against the dark hall way where the step dad is walking down ,connoting the darkness and evil his character is.
We have used props of a knife, as in our survey this is what the audiences want to see. The knife connotes murder and danger and death, fitting in with what is just about to happen.
The bed the mother wakes up is red this is connoting passion and love between the mum and step dad but also danger.
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