Horror, social realism, horror, social realism, horror, social realism?!?!?

I originally felt that I wanted to use the horror genre for my opening sequence because I thought that it would be easier to a find location etc however after looking at the opening sequences of horror movies I remembered how much I hate horror films! I also noticed that they were all very similar to each other and so I think that it would be hard to get across originality. 
So, I have made a decision to go with a social realist opening sequence. 
I am still not sure on my final storyline however I have had a few ideas. 


I was trying to think of some issues in today's society which I could focus my opening sequence around. I tried to remember issues I had heard on the news and this is what I remember. 
I recall hearing of mothers who take their own lives and their disabled child's life because of severe bullying in their neighbourhood. I thought this would be a really good issue to focus on because it hasn't been focused on before but also because it's something, I think, people need to be more aware of. I don't think many people understand how the mother is feeling and how low she must have got in order for her to take her own child's life and so these are some of the feelings I would like to get across if I decide to use this idea. 






My next idea came to me whilst I was listening to the radio. A mother was talking a few years after the death of her child. Her daughter was killed by a group of 5 youths as she walked home with her boyfriend. She was killed because she was a goth. I think that this would be a good issue to focus on because many people will see gang culture crimes and social class bullying happen every day in different extremities. 

As I was speaking to my mum about this earlier she gave me another idea. Divorce and it's effects. We thought about that man who jumped off of a balcony with his children because his wife had filed for divorce. We think that this would be a good issue for a social realist opening sequence because it is also something that people experience all of the time but also because It's something that doesn't have to become very clear within the first few minutes.






All of these ideas, I think, are suitable for an opening sequence under the genre of social realism.