The document proposes a film opening in 3 parts: 1) Brief establishing shots of dark, lonely woods to set an ominous atmosphere. Sound of heavy breathing and hitting build tension. 2) A tracking shot follows a blood trail to a mysterious figure holding a hammer, breathing heavily. Close-ups establish his threatening appearance. 3) A news report reveals a 5-year serial killer case before cutting to the protagonist's home, showing their investigation into the killer through maps, articles and journals on the walls. Slow, dark music builds throughout.

1. Film opening ideas
In this document, I will be giving an example of my third film opening idea. I will explain the
narrative and what will be in the opening.
The narrative of the filmopening
In the beginning of the narrative, opening shots will briefly explore the woods. This is not
the main setting of the film and is a brief scene from the narrative in the middle of the film. I
used this idea of the woods to create an atmosphere for the audience surrounding this
character. These shots will be a connotation to the characters personality being dark, lonely
and dangerous. Along with the montage of shots the music will be used to help create
tension. The sound of hitting may be used to create tension and enigma codes as well as
heavy breathing shortly after this, which will be used as a sound bridge.
After the establishing shots of the setting, a tracking shot of a trail of blood will be followed
along the floor. The trail will lead to a mysterious figure holding a hammer with his back to
the camera still heavily breathing. A low angle shot will be shown at this point. Various other
close-up shots will be shown to establish the character and create tension. Close ups of his
hand and weapon, his muddy boots, the tattoo on his arm, this will then lead to a POV shot
of him looking down at a body. A close up of his face focusing on his eyes will then be
shown. A POV shot from the body looking up at the figure will be shown which will be
blurry. An extreme close up zooming into the killer’s eye (pupil) showing a blank screen,
with a text saying ’48 hours earlier’ will then be shown.
A shot revealing a news report on the TV will show a news reporter explaining the latest on
a serial killer who has been active for the last 5 years. After this a montage of shots in the
protagonists house will be shown along with the start of the credits. These shots will include
close ups of the news report, torn news articles on the wall of the killer represented in a
trophy like fashion, the characters journal/diary, maps on the wall with pins in locations,
possibly weapons, surgical gloves, tape.
It is common is modern films for the prologue to be introduced and followed by a credit
montage which is why I decided to apply this to my opening. This can also gain more
attention from the audience.
Sound:
The sound will be used to create tension and mystery as sound bridges will be used to
create enigma codes. Slow, dark and intimidating music will be heard throughout the
sequence and will eventually become louder and more climatic.

2. Lighting:
The sequence would need a lot of low key lighting to show the darkness of the woods and
also the seriousness of the situation. The character will have dark lighting to show the dark
side of his character and hide some of his features to the audience.