The Beginning of our AS Coursework

For our AS Media coursework, we have to create the opening of a film which includes credits. My group and I have started to brainstorm some ideas of two possible films, of which we could film the opening for our coursework.

Our first idea was inspired by films such as 'Some Like it Hot' and 'Schindler's List'. We thought of creating a thriller / crime detective film based in the 1920's, filmed entirely in black and white. In the opening scene, the protagonist is getting ready for a party in her dressing room. She is putting her make up on, getting dressed, sorting her hair out and then she puts on a red ring. The red ring and the red coloured lipstick are the only things that would not be in black and white. This idea was inspired by the girl in the red coat from Spielberg's movie 'Schindler's List', which is filmed in black and white but the red coat is the only thing in colour.

We thought that this ring could be a leitmotif throughout the film, and that it would begin to symbolise different things as the film proceeds such as death, due to its blood red colour, and danger.


Our second idea was a horror film set in an old tower which has been converted into houses.

The opening scene would begin with a Victorian housemaid cleaning the living room of the tower.
There would be a series of paranormal activity which would then lead to the housemaid's death. The rest of the story would be about a group of teenage girls who are house-sitting for a friend 150 years later after the incident and their experiences in the haunted house. We were inspired by films such as 'The Conjuring' by the events that had occurred in that house before the girls were there, and the Saw films, as the girls would have to complete a series of gruesome challenges in order to escape the tower.