After deciding that I am going to base my opening sequence on a psychological thriller, I began to plan the outline for the plot. I am going to rely heavily on editing in my opening sequence as I want to create the distorted view and flashing frames, similar to the opening sequence of 'Se7en'. My film is going to get into the mind of a serial killer and give the audience an insight into how the killer acts, thinks and behaves. My aim in the opening sequence is to grasp the attention of the audience by showing them what is to be expected from the rest of the film, making them intrigued to know more.
I am going to create a sense of disillusionment in my opening sequence by using two different scenes that I will merge together. One will be of a man in his living environment, using lots of different shots and appearing relatively normal. He will be filmed getting ready on an early morning, and certain mise en scene will link this scene with another e.g. this will be merged with the scene of a murder/burial of a body in which it appears the mans having flash backs of. I will use lots of jump cuts here to create the fast paced feeling of a thriller and the violent scenes will create the horror genre. The two scenes will be linked together as I will create the feeling that the man is having flash backs. For example the running of a tap will change to a running river at the site of a murder and the washing of his face will then change to the same shot of the man wiping sweat from his brow but at the site of the murder. This will allow the audience to feel as though they are inside the mind of the killer, adding suspense and tension needed to create the chilling atmosphere for my opening sequence. It will then end with an extreme close-up of the mans faces he looks directly into the camera as the screen goes black and the title appears.
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