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Establishing shot of a man in a flat, he is looking out of a window. The camera slowly zooms in until we have a side view of the man looking out the window. Shot flips to a POV shot of the man, who see's a woman walking up the street and he recognises her immediately. He turns and runs out of the door, going down a flight of stairs and then out of the flats. He frantically looks around for the women he just saw as the camera pans around him. Shot changes to a waist/hip shot of a mysterious figure, and a gun is visible in their hand. As the man begins calling, we watch the mysterious figure raise his arm with the gun and pull the trigger. Everything is motionless for a second and we see the figure drop the gun to the floor. The man drops to his knees clutching his chest and then falls face first to the floor, he rolls over and the camera begins zooming on his face, where he's eyes then close.

Using editing, we plan to have the entire opening sequence in reverse. So it starts with our main character (the man) already dead, from there, we will reverse the opening sequence so by the end of it, he would be back in the flat looking out at the window. This type of opening sequence will allow us to create a big impact on our auidence from the very beginning and creates many question for the auidence. Once he is back in his flat, a black screen will appear with the words "6 months earlier".

I like this idea as i believe it is effective, gives a very unique spin to the thriller genre and keeps with what out focus group wanted.

Focus Group points:

- Routine of the main character has become too iconic - Because of this point i have decided to remove any sort of routine from the film
- Like the idea of juxtaposition, showing two scenes, a slow paced and fast paced scene - For now i have kept with a slow paced scene to stir p some emotion within the opening sequence, while filming if my group feels the juxtaposition idea will be effective we will add it to our opening sequence
- Target audience is film literate so don't need to entertain them in first 30 seconds, our plot is very sophisticated so pace is very important, can afford to have a slower pace - With this point, i thought it was necessary to create a unique slow paced opening sequence so we are able to create a sense of mystery, fast paced music might ruin the desired effect on our audience