1. Assignment 26:
Enigma In Our Opening Sequence
(Draft 5)
Judy Ibelgauptiene
Katia Martins
Leticia Silva
Noor Naoum

2. Real Life Examples
FILM WHAT WAS THE ENIGMA HOW IS THIS
INSPIRATIONAL TO YOU?
Memento
Why is his past so important?
This inspired us to link the girl
who follows her to her past as
she plays a big role in her life.
Black Swan
Who is the girl following her?
This inspired us to have our
main character being followed
by someone.
Shutter Island
Why can’t he escape?
The girl starts to appear at the
beginning of the opening
sequence but as it goes on her
presence gets longer and
longer.

3. Enigma
The enigmas in our opening sequence are:
Enigmas
Who is the
girl following
Katherine?
Why is the girl
following
Katherine?
How did the girl die? Where is Katherine going?
Explanations
The audience
will feel the
need to know
who she is as
she plays a big
role.
The audience
will want
know why
someone who
looks innocent
and harmless
is following
Katherine.
The audience will want
to know how she died
and possibly why did she
die? As the character
looks quite young.
The audience will want to
know where the girl is going
and if it has anything to do
with this girl.

4. Enigma & Genre
Our enigmas are suitable to our genre because
they follow the psychological conventions of
there being a character with a mental problem.
Leaving the audience wondering what happened
and wanting more. Causing them to want to
watch the rest of the film.