Reasearch on opening credits - Panic Room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgfehDV3Bz4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIclb4qsJI&feature=related

I have looked at the opening scenes of some films of the same genre as the task we are planning to do.

Panic room: Panic Room establishes a sense of claustrophobia and questions vision right from the opening credits.set on the Upper West Side of New York City, the credit sequence is a montage of images of tall buildings, mostly anonymous, framed to fill the screen of windows. Gigantic white letter hanging by the buildings as by magic, grabs the audience's attention right away. Along with shots of the Manhattan skyline, natives and tempo of traffic, this creates an exiting effect. There is a disturbing air to the entire sequence,even though nothing menacing really happens (other than an almost subliminal glimpse of the film's tagline "face your fears", that appears on a screen). The music is also part of making the tensed feeling. This could be a clue about the genre of the film. The disturbing feeling fits perfect for the opening credits of a thriller.

Two minute opening of a film

For our new task, it would be fun to do something a little different. Maybe a horror fil or a thriller. We could film it in the dark, to create tension and atmosphere. The camera could focus on a couple walking down an empty street at night, laughing. Then it could change to a man following them, but only show his feet moving. When this person is in focus, the sound of the people laughing could be far away but get closer as we hear the sound of his footsteps and heavy breathing. The camera could change between this person and the couple. There could be music in the background to help build tension. Then the camera could go all dark and we could hear someone screaming.