confusion over what to follow up the diescrete sequence with, to check I have gone and analysed another film opening to see how thery bridge the titles and opening scene, this is what I have found...

 

 

given this we are thinking of ...

To begin with we had to work out who the main characters are in the film, obviously the psycho obsessed with ballet dancers/perfection, but also the detectives who would be trying to track him down before more girls go missing.

Most of the thrillers I have watched start with a normal day. From the pictures above from the film se7ven we can see it starts with a establishing shot, then we are introduced to the main character.I feel we should go with a clear simple opening like se7ven because there are not many thrillers which start with an action packed sequence.

 

What would the detective be like? Tired, stressed? Married, single or divorced? Maybe he is in the process of a divorce? Perhaps drinks too much because of the horrible stuff he has done in his work. So then what should we tell the audience about him in the first few shots? To establish what he is like we could put a ring on his finger which would tell the audience he was married or there could be a picture of children on his desk which would tell us he is a family man.

Seeing him at the start of an average day gives us an idea of what his routine is and this can tell us a lot about a person, how much care do they take in their appearance, what they like for breakfast well(are they healthy?)

To make the audience believe that he is a real detective it is important that we make the office look convincing so I did some research into British police dramas to see what the offices of murderer detectives look like, props, set, lighting etc.

 

 

 

From this we can see that most offices have a main board which holds alot of information. There are office desks with lamps which shows they work late at night. Unless we cannot find a room with all this in we will have to create this office space the media studio.