Feedback

After discussing with our Head of Production, Luke, we established some useful feedback that benefited our main idea profoundly. We received positive reception from him and solidified new conceptions, that we all felt were sustainable. 

Luke stated that it would be valuable to our sequence to establish that our female protagonist, who is being hunted, becomes the hunter earlier within the sequence. This would evoke a chaotic tone from the opening, furthermore, letting the audience digest the themes from the beginning to astound audiences. This also highlights the subversion within our stereotypes, pronouncing our sequence & further demanding attention from viewers. 

Luke stated that we should begin considering soundtrack and the elements that follow the principal. Since we'd be shooting in the woods, he suggested a naturalistic soundscape that captivated a sense of realism. We began foreseeing the prospect of creating these audible sounds ourselves, via snapping twigs, trampling on leaves, rustling bushes, etcetera. This technique would be devised within the editing suite. 

Luke constructed the concept of establishing our genre within the opening frame, to startle audiences and additionally create an immediate sense of apprehension and tension that grips audiences. We then took this feedback and applied it to our opening sequence, ensuring the opening frame consists of a woman who's throat appears slit. Our production group decided we appreciated Luke's concept and remained with the idea. 

With Luke, we also discussed a concept that our entire production group instantaneously adored. Luke mentioned the perception of having the male 'hunters' be running through the woods from left to right. Then, having the female protagonist being running right to left. In order to display that she is running towards them. This illustrates the general impression of the fearless female character, we wanted to demonstrate to audiences. Creating this subversion of normal horror genre conventions. 

Luke helped us invision the overall appearance & attitude of our female protagonist. Our production group began researching powerful female leads featured within the horror movie spectrum. A character that embodied a sense of 'diva', as well as themes of courageousness and bravery. We collectively favoured the concept of Jennifer, played by Megan Fox in 'Jennifer's Body'. As we felt she encompassed the quality of our character. 

In conclusion, we felt our feedback from Luke was beyond beneficial to devising our concept and constructing further thoughts & feelings towards the opening sequence. He opened up new perceptions and thoughts within the development of our sequence, and we look forward to receiving his comments and opinions within the future stages of creation.