In the opening sequence of our thriller titled 'Fraction', a forensic team and detectives are at a murder scene investigating the dead body of a middle aged woman found in a park. Initially, this will be a shot to show the production design, and we will use an establishing shot to do so. This creates a disequilibrium at the beginning of the film because we jump straight into a murder scene without any explanation or build up. The forensic team will be wearing white overalls which will cover the whole of their bodies, and the murder scene is surrounded by police tape or tape reading 'Do not cross'. There will also be a white outline of the victims body painted on the floor to help the forensic team piece together the investigation, which we will create by using white spray paint, duck tape or chalk. One of the detectives, who will be the main character of the story will then exit a car, which we will show by using a low angle shot to connote his superiority. We will then tilt the camera up slowly to reveal the detective identity. The detective will then walk towards the crime scene which we will shoot using an over the shoulder shot. High key natural lighting will be used to create a false sense of security for the audience.
The scene will then change to show a man who appears to be crazy sitting down in a room. Little does the audience know, the crazy man in the room is actually the detective. The detective is unaware of his alter self due to his split personality and memory impairment, making him both the protagonist and the antagonist. This makes the narration of the story restricted, as the audience have limited access to the storyline and know as much as the characters in the film do. However, his whole face will not been shown at this point, reason being because we don't want the audience to grasp the idea that the detective is the killer so early on in the opening sequence of the film. The production design will need to be as simple as possible. It will be a dirty, bleak, confined space to represent the alter ego of the detective who is sitting inside the room. The dangerous half of the detective will have blood around his mouth and hi hands, and will be wearing a white t shirt covered in blood, to add to his sinister appearance, which we will make ourselves. Artificial low key lighting will be used in this room to connote his dark personality.
The scene will then cut back to the crime scene showing a colleague lifting up the police tape for the detective. In this shot, we will use a point of view shot to make the audience feel involved in the story. Another detective who is standing inside of the restricted area surrounded by police tape will then hand the detective a case file, containing photos of the dead woman. At this point, we will use a eye line match to show the audience what the detective is looking at. The scene will then change again to show the crazy man in the confined room, hitting his head against the wall. However, this time we will see a photo on the floor of the dead girl found at the crime scene beside him. The photo will be slightly ripped and will be covered in blood. We will use a close up to ensure that the audience can see that the photo is of the dead girl. Again, low key artificial lighting will be used.
The scene will then cut back to the detective back at the crime scene. The detective will be kneeling down over the dead body, which we will shoot using a low angle shot. This connotes he superiority over whoever is in the body bag. The detective will then begin to slowly unzip the body bag, which we will show by using a close up of the detectives hand on the zip. The top of the victims head will be revealed to show the hairline, and then the scene will cut back to the crazy man in the room again. We will use a mid shot to show the crazy man sitting in the room, but this time, we will use an editing technique called overlapping to amplify his distorted mind frame. We hope to do this by collecting many shots of the crazy mans face and overlapping them to make it look like there is more than one face in the single shot. We have decided to use a mid shot rather than a close up so that we are able to see the overlapping faces in the background. Using a close up would mean that the background would be restricted and there would be no space for the extra faces in the background.
The scene will then cut back to the detective at the crime scene. At this point, the detective will carry on unzipping the body bag. When the body bag is completely unzipped, the detective see's his alter self (the crazy man) inside of the body bag. The crazy half of the detective will have his eyes wide open looking straight up into the sky. His head will then tilt so that he is making eye contact with the detective. He will still have the blood on his t shirt and around his mouth at this point. This shot will be filmed with a point of view (POV) shot, to put the audience in the detectives shoes. The detective will then step back with a confused and frightened look on his face, which we will film using a close up. The detective doesn't know who this person inside the body bag is as he is unaware of his alter self, however, he can see that he looks virtually identical to him.
The detective will then look around to see if any of his colleagues saw the crazy man inside of the body bag. We will use an over the shoulder shot to show the detective looking around. However, no one was watching and when the detective looks back at the body bag, the body of the dead woman is inside it, which we will show yet again with a POV shot. We will then have a low angle shot of the detective standing above the body bag, which will then switch to a high angle of the dead woman in the body bag. The opening sequence will finish off with another low angle of the detective looking down at the body bag, however, we will be using overlapping again the combine the image of the detective and the image of the crazy man together in one shot.
The scene will then change to show a man who appears to be crazy sitting down in a room. Little does the audience know, the crazy man in the room is actually the detective. The detective is unaware of his alter self due to his split personality and memory impairment, making him both the protagonist and the antagonist. This makes the narration of the story restricted, as the audience have limited access to the storyline and know as much as the characters in the film do. However, his whole face will not been shown at this point, reason being because we don't want the audience to grasp the idea that the detective is the killer so early on in the opening sequence of the film. The production design will need to be as simple as possible. It will be a dirty, bleak, confined space to represent the alter ego of the detective who is sitting inside the room. The dangerous half of the detective will have blood around his mouth and hi hands, and will be wearing a white t shirt covered in blood, to add to his sinister appearance, which we will make ourselves. Artificial low key lighting will be used in this room to connote his dark personality.
The scene will then cut back to the crime scene showing a colleague lifting up the police tape for the detective. In this shot, we will use a point of view shot to make the audience feel involved in the story. Another detective who is standing inside of the restricted area surrounded by police tape will then hand the detective a case file, containing photos of the dead woman. At this point, we will use a eye line match to show the audience what the detective is looking at. The scene will then change again to show the crazy man in the confined room, hitting his head against the wall. However, this time we will see a photo on the floor of the dead girl found at the crime scene beside him. The photo will be slightly ripped and will be covered in blood. We will use a close up to ensure that the audience can see that the photo is of the dead girl. Again, low key artificial lighting will be used.
The scene will then cut back to the detective back at the crime scene. The detective will be kneeling down over the dead body, which we will shoot using a low angle shot. This connotes he superiority over whoever is in the body bag. The detective will then begin to slowly unzip the body bag, which we will show by using a close up of the detectives hand on the zip. The top of the victims head will be revealed to show the hairline, and then the scene will cut back to the crazy man in the room again. We will use a mid shot to show the crazy man sitting in the room, but this time, we will use an editing technique called overlapping to amplify his distorted mind frame. We hope to do this by collecting many shots of the crazy mans face and overlapping them to make it look like there is more than one face in the single shot. We have decided to use a mid shot rather than a close up so that we are able to see the overlapping faces in the background. Using a close up would mean that the background would be restricted and there would be no space for the extra faces in the background.
The scene will then cut back to the detective at the crime scene. At this point, the detective will carry on unzipping the body bag. When the body bag is completely unzipped, the detective see's his alter self (the crazy man) inside of the body bag. The crazy half of the detective will have his eyes wide open looking straight up into the sky. His head will then tilt so that he is making eye contact with the detective. He will still have the blood on his t shirt and around his mouth at this point. This shot will be filmed with a point of view (POV) shot, to put the audience in the detectives shoes. The detective will then step back with a confused and frightened look on his face, which we will film using a close up. The detective doesn't know who this person inside the body bag is as he is unaware of his alter self, however, he can see that he looks virtually identical to him.
The detective will then look around to see if any of his colleagues saw the crazy man inside of the body bag. We will use an over the shoulder shot to show the detective looking around. However, no one was watching and when the detective looks back at the body bag, the body of the dead woman is inside it, which we will show yet again with a POV shot. We will then have a low angle shot of the detective standing above the body bag, which will then switch to a high angle of the dead woman in the body bag. The opening sequence will finish off with another low angle of the detective looking down at the body bag, however, we will be using overlapping again the combine the image of the detective and the image of the crazy man together in one shot.
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