For the filming process I will get the help from my family and from my friends. I am starting to work on my story board to arrange my ideas. I’ve also been researching what type of sound should be included in Horror films. The sounds and music create a specific atmosphere to enhance the emotion the movie is trying to show. Music makes horror movies more enjoyable, music and sounds add up to the overall experience for the audience. Certain sounds allow to highlight certain scenes of importance. Sometimes in horror films only music is able to create the intensity being displayed on screen. The use of instruments like piano or violin create dynamic highlights. In horror films even when there’s nothing on the screen the audience is able to predict what can happen. A horror film without music looses it’s emotion, it looses the feeling of fear. Overall music and sound is a very important part of a horror film to be able to get the full experience of the film.

The horror genre is created by fear, it should be realistic creating fear in things that weren't scary before. Horror is also influenced by suspense, creating the constant feeling of unknowingness of an action. A horror film needs to make the imagination of the viewer work harder than normal. The element of surprise is also very useful in horror films to be able to create the fear the director is aiming for.

Today I brainstormed many ideas, the one I liked the most is a murder in the perfect city. I have many ideas on how to film it but many of them are too complex to do, but I've come to a conclusion that's the one I would like to do. The genre of my film opening would be horror. In horror films, light is a very important factor, one I'm very scared to work with, I feel like one of my weaker sides when it comes to filming is editing, and light falls heavily into that category due to small budgeting in filming.

Hello! My name is Sofia Bustos but I like to be called Sofi. I am a junior in high school and I am taking the class AICE Media Studies. For our final project, we have to create a movie opening from scratch. I am very stressed and confused as to what genre and how to make it. In this blog, I'm going to be posting step by step of my process. I'm very excited yet scared to begin. This project will help me explore my abilities and help me improve my weaker sides. Thank you for reading my blog!