Our Group's Idea For An Opening Sequence

This is the rough idea for our group's opening sequence so far.

There will be a man answering a phone. The man's identity remains unknown. He talks to another unknown man on the phone throughout the opening two minutes about hunting someone down. Again the hunted man is unknown and only referred to as "him". This interlinks with a sequence involving a man walking along the road and taking various paths in a quick and panicked fashion. It can be assumed that this man is the one being hunted. There are numerous shots of him taking paths which are then shown to be blocked by henchmen, and he is forced off into many different directions. There will also be around three or four rapid flashback shots during the sequence, which will be blurred and tinted so it will be clear that the scenes are flashbacks. The titles will come up simply in black and white every now and then during the sequence.

The sequence will have a quick feel to it with the numerous shots used in quick succession. Tracking shots will be used to show the man on the run and extreme close ups will be used of the first man's phone ringing and him answering it. As was aforementioned the flashbacks will be clearly defined with some blur and tint, if possible although it should be recognised that this may prove difficult to acheive and so may have to be cut in the final plan. The costumes will be casual/smart and dark, mostly greys and blacks. The music will have a dramatic feel to it and will probably be an instrumental by acclaimed artist Ashgo 9Teen as we have gained legal rights to use his material. The most likely pieces for use are the tracks 'Rayners Lane' or 'Rusteeq' as using his more complicated pieces would take away from the visual and the theme of the sequence.

Our initial idea for a title is 'Untitled' because the man is unknown and unnamed. The tagline is "Unknown quantities cannot be titled". The movie would fit into the thriller genre, and the sub-genre would be a hybrid; a man-on-the-run thriller with elements of a psychological thriller. The movie's style is rather rapid and creepy. The psychological element could show similar content to such movies as 'Donnie Darko' whereas the man-on-the-run element could be like the movie 'The Fugitive'.