It has proven to be difficult when it comes to finding a good genre to make my project about as well as the overall plot and what I want to create. After researching a couple of different genres which had interesting concepts behind them I decided to pick a horror-based genre. I decided to research some of the most famous opening horror scenes to come about. While almost all of them are unique and different the ones that seemed to interest me the most were John Carpenter's Halloween and The Thing. Both involve decently simple effects but demonstrate the horror that is to come.
In the instance of the Halloween movie, it can be seen that the shot starts to darkness, and then a jack-o-lantern is lit up. The camera slowly zooms into the pumpkin until all we see is the eye and nose, both carved in a way to look like Michael Myers holding the knife. This perfectly describes how the movie is going to play out with a slow-rising horror element all the way until Michael Myers is seen in his darkest and most evil form. The simplicity of the shot and artwork is also very nice since I do not have as much prop work to work with and demonstrates that having a lot of money does not make a good film.
For The Thing what caught my eye was the transition from the spaceship falling to earth to the title. I love the flames burning into the title since flames are used throughout the entire movie to burn the thing. I also liked this because it involves both practical effects as well as some editing to make it look very good and polished. I am still thinking of what to do overall but these two films have certainly inspired me to take these two films and make something new from some of the elements John Carpenter used.
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