Planning For Our Film Sequence

We have devised a back story for our film sequence. Although this will not be shown in the actual sequence, we need to have it so that the opening sequence isn't totally irrelevant to the rest of the film.

Our film sequence will open on a hilltop. There will be multiple shots of the surrounding area, while some titles appear on the screen. Eventually a shot of a man waking up will be used. He will attempt to escape the ankle chain he is wearing, with no success. There will be shots of him screaming, and shouting for help. (Our chosen location is helpful as it is isolated and we can be more vocal).

The music for the sequence will have to be non copyrighted music and will be suspense building music, chosen during editing to match the scene better.

Eventually the character will break down and realize that he cannot free himself from the ankle chain. There will be more shots, possibly canted to show that he is losing his mind. After several more shots of the area, and of the now down trodden character, resigned to his fate, a surprise revelation of a hooded, silhouetted figure on the horizon.

The sequence will end with ideally a large non diegetic bang and the title white text on a black background, with chains behind it. Or the film name could be made up of chains.

We will use a college video camera, and a tripod to provide accurate shots of the area. We plan to begin with several introductory nature shots.

The rest of the storyline for the film is as follows:

Alan Walker, a middle aged doctor in the fictitious city of West Brambly is turned into a revenge obsessed psychopath when his young daughter is killed in a hit and run "accident".  Alan takes revenge on each of the four people who were in the car, by putting them in cleverly constructed and well thought out traps. Our film sequence begins with Arnold's trap, by the end of the film, Alan has successfully killed all four of the men, and is coming to terms with his loss.

We will have some opening professional titles, such as Paramount and Twisted Pictures. This will make our sequence seem more professional.