Influences

The main inspiration of my opening is the horror trope of a helpless female victim, such as in halloween and the scream series, as both female leads are seen as fumbling and unable to handle themselves, particularly as this generalization tends to put off female viewers as the character is unrelatable.  One of the aspects that I carried over from these staple movies is the hidden and mysterious element of the antagonist as this was a key feature of the scare actor of the movie.

Another feature I adopted was the emphasis on suspenseful music, I decided to exaggerate this by having the track "In the basement" at a loud volume. To further add the element of suspense, I also used a heartbeat sound effect at the beginning titles, as it tends to be used overbearingly and negate from the element of suspense.

My initial idea was far more serious with more of an emphasis on a dangerous atmosphere and female independence, though I felt this would not clearly show the satirical aspects of horror conventions and could potentially alienate a male audience.