Film opening plan

The narrative of the opening sequence is used to create an enigma. Therefore

the audience will be intrigued and want to continue to watch the film. Our idea is
of a man who is obsessed with this woman and wants to kill her. This man who is
the villain (Propps theory of narrative) has to kill this woman as he has in every
life she has been born into.
Shot by shot Description
Numb
Shot
er
1
Over the shoulder shot from
the killers shoulder
2
Focus pull/ close up/ P. O. V.
3

Match on action, Killers P. O.

V. shot

Zolly shot

Flash cutting/montage

Close up shots

Zolly shot

POV Shot

Explanation
The audience will denote a woman crossing
the road. Caption 2015
The killer will hold up a picture of the same
woman but in a different life.
Denote the woman from the side, then her
feet then her facing towards the killer. The
POV shot will be used when the killer is
passing the woman, this will be shown
through the killer point of view.
As the killer walks past the woman to
connote a flashback is occurring.
Flashback of the killer planning the
womans murder. Use filter
Pictures and drawings of this woman,
denotes his obsession. The pictures will be
on a glass table so the audience can just
about denote the killer
To denote that the flashback has now
ended.
The killer passing the woman from his point
of view.

An enigma will be created within the first few shots as the picture the killer holds
up will be from years ago. For example the picture will denote the woman but
from 60 years ago. This will intrigue the audience as there is no possible way for
these woman to be from the same lifetime. This will keep the audience engaged
as they would want to know more. The will cause the demographic to have a
polysemic view of the opening sequence.
This opening sequence will conform to the conventions of a thriller film as it has
a hegemonic (Gramsci) view. The villain (Propps theory of narrative) will be the
male character and the victim (Propps theory of narrative) will be the female
character. This conforms to the hegemonic view of women as being inferior and
men as superior.
The iconography of the opening sequence will be represented through the
lighting, sound, location, costumes, and colours.
The opening sequence will denote the use of both high and low key lighting.
Within the first few shots they will be taken outside during the day. This denote
the use of high key lighting. However when the flashback is denoted we will use
low key lighting to create suspense.

The sound used will either be diegetic or non-diegetic, we will not use both. The
diegetic sound will be the sound of the characters movements, so the audience
will hear what the character are doing eg walking hear their footsteps. We will
not have any talking in the diegetic sound. The non- diegetic sound, if used, will
be a soundtrack. However this will only be used if we can find an un-copyrighted
piece of music that is parallel and synchronous to the opening sequence.
The location we will use is inside a house and on a street. The street will be used
to denote the killer and villain crossing the road. In the house we will use a room
with a table and that will be the focus of the shot. This will be used for the
flashback.
The female characters costumes will vary to denote that she is the same person
but from a different lifetime. In the picture that the killer holds up of the woman
from a previous life the female character will be wearing a dress and have curly
hair. Therefore she will look like she is from a different time period. When the
woman is crossing the road she will be in professional clothing (shirt, suit). This is
so the audience know that they are 2 different people but will have identical
facial features. The killer himself will be wearing a suit. This is to connote to the
audience that he is methodical.
The colours that we will use will be dark eg black, dark green, navy. This is to
conform to the conventions of thriller movie. However the female character from
the past will be wearing a red or blue dress. This subverts to the colours
commonly seen in thriller movies. This is used to connote that she had some
significance to the killer which signifies his obsession. When showing the
flashback we will either use a filter or make the scene black and white. This it to
connote to the audience that this is in the past.