Opening scene narrative
Our opening scene has to be at least 2 minutes long. Our opening sequence starts off with a black screen with only the sound of a news report in the background. The darkness then fades and a shot of a family living room is shown. The camera will be zooming in on the sofa positioned in the centre of the room. The lighting in the room will be natural and there will be a quiet sound of a tv as background sound. The actor in this scene will just be Ella. The camera then starts to pan across the room showing a figure in the corner of the window. The lighting in the room will then become dim as low key lighting will be gradually included. The audience will soon notice a dark and mysterious figure pass the window and slowly look in at Ella who is still watching tv. Tense eerie music will also be playing in the background.
The next scene we see Ella taking her dog out for a walk. The lighting in this scene will be slowly getting darker as the scene goes on representing the sun going down. The camera then changes to show the antagonist crossing pictures of soon to be victims. The scene will be very dark to try and emphasis the fact that this man is dangerous. There will also be a visible knife in his pocket as well. There will be no sound in this scene, just diegetic sound of the pen moving across paper. The scene will then transition to show a close up of another picture being slowly burnt by a candle. The picture is of one of the girls (Ella) which will indicate to the audience that she is in trouble.
The scene after will show the girls still walking down the road but this time a forest will be in view. There will be a fade in transition to this scene and the lighting will almost be completely black. We then switch back again to the picture of Ella which has no completely been burnt to a crisp. Like before there will be eerie music in the background and the lighting will be low key. A fade out editing technique will be used to transition to the next scene. The audience are then taken into the forest where a young boy has been tied up to a tree. The boy will not look up but the audience will clearly be able to see that he is scared for his life. The lighting in this scene will be low key and there will be diegetic sound of the wind blowing through the trees. a fade out shot will then take the audience back to the antagonists lair to show that the other girl in the scene (Hannah) has had her photo circled by the antagonist. In this scene there will be eerie music which will be fairly loud for the audience to hear.
In the 4th main scene we are shown a shadow of the antagonist up against a tree. The music in this scene will slowly build up as the camera moves in closer and closer. The lighting will be very low key and there will be a fade out editing technique to link in to the next scene. The scene will then quickly change to show an extreme close up of the antagonists face. This will be used to try and scare the audience when they least expect it. The mask will then disappear to show a bunch of montage clips of picture of his past victims. There will be a build up in tension in this scene by the use of sound. The pictures then link into a sweep of the forest shot, showing the two girls surroundings. This shot will then fade out to the final scene.
The final scene will consist of a final visual shot of both the girls pictures lying on the ground completely burnt. This will show the audience that both the girls are dead and that the antagonist has succeeded in his plot to harm them. The sound of rustling paper will be heard in the background as deigetic sound. The screen will then start to figure and then will go completely black. This will show that the opening scene has finished.
Our opening scene has to be at least 2 minutes long. Our opening sequence starts off with a black screen with only the sound of a news report in the background. The darkness then fades and a shot of a family living room is shown. The camera will be zooming in on the sofa positioned in the centre of the room. The lighting in the room will be natural and there will be a quiet sound of a tv as background sound. The actor in this scene will just be Ella. The camera then starts to pan across the room showing a figure in the corner of the window. The lighting in the room will then become dim as low key lighting will be gradually included. The audience will soon notice a dark and mysterious figure pass the window and slowly look in at Ella who is still watching tv. Tense eerie music will also be playing in the background.
The next scene we see Ella taking her dog out for a walk. The lighting in this scene will be slowly getting darker as the scene goes on representing the sun going down. The camera then changes to show the antagonist crossing pictures of soon to be victims. The scene will be very dark to try and emphasis the fact that this man is dangerous. There will also be a visible knife in his pocket as well. There will be no sound in this scene, just diegetic sound of the pen moving across paper. The scene will then transition to show a close up of another picture being slowly burnt by a candle. The picture is of one of the girls (Ella) which will indicate to the audience that she is in trouble.
The scene after will show the girls still walking down the road but this time a forest will be in view. There will be a fade in transition to this scene and the lighting will almost be completely black. We then switch back again to the picture of Ella which has no completely been burnt to a crisp. Like before there will be eerie music in the background and the lighting will be low key. A fade out editing technique will be used to transition to the next scene. The audience are then taken into the forest where a young boy has been tied up to a tree. The boy will not look up but the audience will clearly be able to see that he is scared for his life. The lighting in this scene will be low key and there will be diegetic sound of the wind blowing through the trees. a fade out shot will then take the audience back to the antagonists lair to show that the other girl in the scene (Hannah) has had her photo circled by the antagonist. In this scene there will be eerie music which will be fairly loud for the audience to hear.
In the 4th main scene we are shown a shadow of the antagonist up against a tree. The music in this scene will slowly build up as the camera moves in closer and closer. The lighting will be very low key and there will be a fade out editing technique to link in to the next scene. The scene will then quickly change to show an extreme close up of the antagonists face. This will be used to try and scare the audience when they least expect it. The mask will then disappear to show a bunch of montage clips of picture of his past victims. There will be a build up in tension in this scene by the use of sound. The pictures then link into a sweep of the forest shot, showing the two girls surroundings. This shot will then fade out to the final scene.
The final scene will consist of a final visual shot of both the girls pictures lying on the ground completely burnt. This will show the audience that both the girls are dead and that the antagonist has succeeded in his plot to harm them. The sound of rustling paper will be heard in the background as deigetic sound. The screen will then start to figure and then will go completely black. This will show that the opening scene has finished.
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