3. The train ticket enigma
Before victims death
Narrative structure
After victims death
4. Form and Style I wanted to keep the soundtrack of the
What I think an opening sequence should do is opening sequence to a minimum and use it to
introduce the main and sub cast as well as the create an atmosphere for the audience with
film company, set the feel and genre of the film the heartbeat sounds that speed up and get
for the audience and also the enigma to be louder and the sad piano music.
revealed at the end of the film and for a The colours used in the sequence I think
detective film this is very easy to set up as the really kept to the noir theme with dark
audience would ask why the victim was clothes and atmosphere and the grey/white
murdered and who exactly did it. clouds and snow. It all really tied in well to
I feel that our opening sequence has filled all of create a good mise-en-scene.
these boxes with 3 enigmas for the We used match on actions and straight cuts
audience, (who the villains are, who the victim is to edit our film as we had a narrow alley way
to the detective and what the train ticket to film in I thought it best to use scenes from
means) as well as credits and a clear genre. both sides to add to the audiences view of
the scene.
I feel we have challenged the genre of a film like
this by showing the victim, villains and
protagonists as being roughly the same age
which sort of has an underlying message that
there is a lot of young knife crime but it isn’t all
young people and it could be left to them to sort
it out.
We kept the speaking to a minimum to also add
tension to the atmosphere.
