Opening Sequence Plot

My idea for my opening sequence involves a young man named Jamie Hopkins who has recently been released from prison. He was jailed for manslaughter our perception of him is that he has lived a reckless lifestyle in his younger days and is now trying to find forgiveness and redemption.

His lonely nights in his cell missing his girlfriend, mother and new born baby drive him to frustration and depression and he starts to have strange dreams about his violent past. He see's the faces of the people he has hurt and affected coming back to haunt him. It seems that he can't ever escape his past even though he is trying to better his life for his child and girlfriend.

Trying to brush the dreams off his shoulder, blaming it on the 'prison life', something even stranger happens. Jamie is at home and falls asleep and has another dream about the incident that had him put in jail in the first place. He wakes up in cold sweats and then there's a knock on the door and its the same person in his dream...

 Jamie is continuously engulfed into his intense dreams. As he tries to get on the right track, the family of the boy he took the life of 10 years ago, are after him not only in his dreams, but in reality.

How will Jamie break the cycle ?

Location Recce

This shot could also be used to film certain flashbacks so that it varies

The image of the lamp post and battered walls and pavement could be used to film close ups of the stress and pain in our character’s face in his dreams, creating a flashback effect could be suitable for this type of surrounding.

This shot of the bridge could be used to film some of the flashback/dream scenes and this scenrey could also help us give a type of mysterious opening.

This is my AS Media Preliminary Task. My roll within this task was the acting however I did help with various shot angles. We displayed many camera angles and editing techniques shown in these print screens. There were however a lot of mistakes within our preliminary in terms of the cuts, some of the cuts came into earlier and didn't really allow the shots to flow as smoothly as we would have liked. Some of the shots didn't seem continuous but we have identified this.

These two shots show continuity and panning, it tracks the character and lets the audience see the view of where the action is taking place.  



This is an example of an extreme close up shot, the camera is zoomed into my hand and the door handle. This shot is usually used to show either reaction or a specific/significant piece of action.

This is an 'over the shoulder shot' it allows coversations to take place without the other person being fully excluded and out of the shot.



This editing shows match on action/ continuity. It allows the shots to feel like they're flowing to make the clips have a realistic element. It allows action to take place without it feeling interrupted.



This can be classed as an establishing shot. It is making the audience easily aware of the scenery and background letting them know where we are and lets them know where the action is taking place. This is also and example of a wide shot.

This is an example of an extreme close up shot, the camera is zoomed into my hand and the door handle.  This shot is usually used to show either reaction or a specific/significant piece of action.

Questions On Target Audience

This is my list of questions that I am going to ask my target audience.

Question 1:
What genre do you enjoy most in terms of films ?

Question 2:
What type of audience member do you consider yourself to be ?

Question 3:
What was the most memorable opening sequence you have seen and what was good about it ?

Question 4:
What features of a action thriller would intrigue you to watch further ?

Question 5:
What elements do you think should be included to make a good action thriller ?

Question 6:
What do you think of our opening sequence idea so far ?

It is an opening sequence for a mystery action thriller which will follow the life of a young man, who lives in a fantasy dream world.  It becomes reality and as he must find sanity once again!