It is important to decide on the time of day to film because different genre of films are seen to be more effective if they are filmed in different times of the day. For example romantic films would be usually seen to be in mid-day in the light or at night in a restaurant with candle lit dinner to set a romantic mood. Due to the fact our genre for our opening title sequence is horror it means we have to make sure that it is at night because it will be dark. The reason it would need to be dark is because it adds more tension to the clip. This is because it means that no one can see you and you can't see anyone else unless they are close to you meaning it is easier for someone to sneak up behind you and attack you without no idea of who it is. Also because no-one will be able to see you it means you will not be able to get help. This builds up tension for our audience and the victim will be seen as more vulnerable due to the fact that they won't be able to be helped.
We filmed our OTS in the evening when it was dark. We had several attempts at filming. The first time we went out to film, it was too dark and you couldn't really see what was happening. We tried to use torches however, it was still hard to see the victim and wasn't clear what was around her. Also because our killer was in black it made it more difficult to see him so wasn't clear on how our victim was getting killed. Therefore we filmed again, but we filmed in the day time which we then realised was too bright for our sub-genre as it was in a more open space and any one could see as it was light. Our final attempt worked well because we were in school and it was dark outside so all the lights had to be turned on which made it clear to the audience that it was dark outside.