Opening Scene Narration

Opening Scene Narration

Our opening thriller sequence will be 2-3 minutes long. Our opening thriller sequence is the narrative which would be at the end of our film. We decided to do this because the audience will watch this, and want to know the entire story line leading up to the events that have been seen in the sequence. This has shown disequilibrium as we have shown the end at the beginning of our opening sequence. We believe that this will entice our target audience and make them want to watch on further. Our opening scene begins with a black screen, so the audience can concentrate on what is being said within the diegetic news report of the missing children around the local area. This scene then fades out slowly to show the audience a view of a living room which is dimly lit by low-key, natural lighting. The two young protagonists are sitting on the sofa discussing what they are going to watch on tv and the fact they are going to take out their pet dog later on that evening. Once the girls have finished discussing the news report about the local children going missing, and discussing the activities they need to finish before the evening ends, the camera zooms in slightly to reveal a close up shot of the dark, masked antagonist.  The scene fades and then unfocused slightly as it transitions into the masked protagonist walking away from the window, leaving the audience wondering where he has gone. 

Slowly, the scene transitions out with a simple blur and then continues to a long shot of when the two girls leave the front door ready to go for a late evening walk with the dog. In this scene it is evening time and has now become slightly dark, which helps to create tension within the scene. The camera then pans to the right as we then see the two girls beginning to walk down the long stretch of road. Next, we have the use of a handheld camera, which follows the girls as they walk down the road heading towards the forest. This then blurs out into the next scene of a flashback were the antagonist is setting alight pictures of his victims that are taped onto the wall which creates a sense of enigma as the audience wonder what and why he is doing this, and if the victims safety which pictures left not burnt are now in jeopardy, the scene then leads on to a close up of the last victims picture on the wall that is going to be set alight. The scene is then in slow motion as the flames begin to slowly burn the photo.

The scene then reverts back to the scene of the two protagonists walking down the long stretch of road, this time the camera is not following after the pair, and is a long shot so the audience can see where the protagonists are. The scene then blurs slightly to a mix of the same shot from different angles of another flashback to the zoom in shot of the victims picture being burnt on the wall. Furthermore, the scene then appears in the setting of the isolated forest and immediately pans around the tree as you see the rope which is tying up the young boy victim.

We then move on to film a mid shot of the girls as they have a casual conversation about what they have done that day and what they are going to do later on that evening. This then fades out to yet another flash back scene of the pictures being burnt on the wall, almost as a montage of the same clip repeated as it is flashing on screen to give a sense of enigma as this confuses the audience as they do not know what is happening. The camera then zooms into the scene of the picture to just see the fire flickering slightly, this helps to build suspense and tension. The scene then fades to darkness for a couple seconds as it then begins to reappear on a slight shadow of the masked antagonist on the forest floor behind the two protagonists. This immediately creates a sense of foreboding as it is unknown what is going to happen to the two girls.

The last scene then flashes up a quick scene of the mask in a montage shot, along with following shots to continue the montage editing of the girls within the forest, the boy that is tied up to the tree, the masked antagonist closely followed by screams and heart beats over the top of this scene to create a scene that is rushed, making the audience question what is happening.