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This is a good example of how our film will be shot, however our will be filmed at night.

The link can be found HERE (The link was to the scene from 28 Weeks Later where Robert Carlile runs away from the house leaving his wife behind but unfortunatelly the video was removed due to copyright claims)

Instead we will analyse the clip found HERE


This is a great piece and displays many conventions of horror and gothic horror which are crucial for a good horror opening sequence. The low key lighting immediately defines the genre as horror and the candlelit close ups of peoples faces gives the scene a gothic flair. The opening establishes the equilibrium of the characters and lets us know what their current position and way of life is. When the disruption of the equilibrium comes it catches the characters off guard and the audience with them and it is presented in the form of a young boy to further throw us. Children have connotations of innocence and are unthreatening, but what the little boy brings with him is far from that. The conversations abruptly halted by a rage victim smashing through the window and causing the audience to jump in visceral shock. A perfect horror opening.