The shot that we were thinking of using is this "wipe" shot. This is a shot that passes through an object (for example, a wall or celling). This makes it a bit different as it changes location and character through camera shots and angles. In this scene below me, the camera travels up through ceiling of the bus to go to another character on top of the bus. It passes through at a reasonably and steady pace.
In this scene the camera is still but preparing to move for the Wipe shot.
Here the camera is moving up the environment to the next shot.
In this shot the camera is right in the middle of the environment that it is passing through.
It is now coming up through to the next character and showing a different environment on top of the bus.
And now here is the the new character and the new place that the camera as moved to.
This camera shot creates a really nice transition between scenes or the audience to look at and can easily change between two environment or sets with minimal complications.
I was thinking that there would be a fair amount of long shots and close ups so that there are a massive amount of contrasts in the shots. These close ups would be used to show the facial expressions that the characters are pulling or extreme close-ups to show specific parts of the body (for example a blood shot eye) an example of this would be from The Blair Witch Project. Extreme close-ups could also zoom in on significant objects that have high relevance to the films
Another example of where extreme close-ups are used in horror film openings is in the film "seven". This film uses mostly close- ups in the opening credits of the films to show different objects and words that might occur in the film. For example in this shot on the left it shows someone writing something over some words on a page, and although this may look like a fairly simple and pointless shot and can relate back to the film.
Another place where seven uses its extreme close-ups to an advantage is is this shot on the right. it has a close-up of two props that are related to the film. These props are scissors and some film tape that is being cut by them. The advantage of this shot is that it can make the audience think about what these objects have to do with the film and how significant they could be to different scenario's in different scenes.
Another form of shot that can be used in the opening of films is the establishing shot. This shot shows the audience where the film or scene of the film could be set. An example of where an establishing shot is used is in the film "The Dead Zone". At the beginning of this opening sequence, it comes up with a shot of a house to show the audience where the whole/part of this film will be set. I think that an establishing shot at the beginning of a film is a brilliant idea because it shows where the film is being set and gives the audience a head start on their knowledge of the location.
Horror films tend to be set in in an isolated area, where out of the ordinary situations rarely happen. The reason they do this is because it sets a lot more tension. The reason for this is because unexpected happenings naturally create a much more scary atmosphere. Another place that is a good location to film is quite tight/claustrophobic place, for example a basement or small village would be an excellent place to film because there are less places to escape for the character/characters.
Another type of
character that is usually used in horror films is a child. They use children
because it takes the sweet and innocent generation and turns them into
monsters, which is a traumatic experience for all people. For example, in the
exorcist they use a little girl that has been possessed by some sort of spirit,
and she shows an immense amount of pain and horror in her personality. In this film she is also a normal human being at one point, but when she turns into the demon child, it shows a massive contrast with her normal personality. This Girl could be taken as either an antagonist or a protagonist, because she is an innocent little child but in the film she is possessed by a horrible spirit. In the picture on the right, this is the girl as herself and on the picture on the left, it is her as the monster that she turn into. As you can see there is a massive contrast between both states that the girl gets into. 
Another example of where this prop is used, is in the very popular "Friday the 13th". Jason (the antagonist of the film) uses this as his main weapon of choice and slaughters his victims with it. Although the knife can be made to look like quite a quiet weapon, it can also be used in a loud killing scenario. For example, if the music and actor are used correctly then the knife can be shown as a loud and shocking prop for the killer using it.
