Idea for Opening Sequence 1

 For the first opening sequence idea I have come up with, It will be based around the idea of the opening being the ending. So we will see two suspicious looking bad guys who  and will track down, and kidnap one specific man, the audience won't know yet what he has done or who the good or bad guys are. 

Little do they know that this particular office worker who is abducted by these two bad looking guys had killed the bosses son, therefore these 2 bad guys had be sent on a mission to abduct and kill the man who's responsible. In this opening sequence, the audience would see the 2 assassinators looking at the image of the man who they have been sent to kill, we see them picking up the ropes and tape from the seat before they march towards the victim walking out of his office. Suddenly we see the man tied up in a chair in some unknown location, we can see that he has bombs tied to his body and as the tension rises, the ticking bomb gets faster as the music increases until the screen fills with darkness and then the titles appear.

Where will this take place and be shot?

This idea takes place outside the office of where this victim to be abducted and assassin works. This can easily be shot at school outside the buildings. My idea of these 'bad' men in this sequence would be dressed in black suits with sunglasses to adhere to the usual stereotype of the 'bad guys' in films. 

The office worker who is assassinated would look suspicious, to hint that he could be evil but is undercover as a normal looking man.

We could also shoot a few shots and scenes in the van in a car park where we would see the men discussing their plan before capturing their target. The last scene is simply in a dark room with only a chair in centre frame. This could be shot in the drama studio. 

After watching this opening sequence, the audience will automatically think that the bad guys are the ones targeting the office worker. However, as the film would continue, it will go back in time as we see this 'office worker' murdering the son of a groups leader, the ending of the film is the beginning.

Inspiration from other films 

One of the inspirations from other films or series is The Night Manager, where the bad mans son is attacked by another leaders organisation, this sparked one of my thoughts for this idea. 

Another inspiration for this opening idea was Man on Fire, which includes ideas of a chiefs child being kidnapped for ransom or as payback between these two groups. 

How will titles be included? 

As the opening sequence comes to a dramatic, climatic close, the screen will fill with darkness and silence. then suddenly, action sounding music would begin as the titles begin. 

The titles would be similar to ones we have seen in action films. They would be bold writing which would appear quickly, with dramatic non diegetic soundtrack playing over the title sequence.

Brief description of narrative

The narrative follows the brief idea of the audience seeing how one bad man group runs, and how they are as people. The leader in charge has a strong relationship with his son which we see grow throughout the film as the chief keeps him safe and protected. This is until another very bad group want revenge on the leader, we see what they do as they abduct and murder his son. This causes the audience to believe that even though both groups are apart of illegal activity, we choose to believe that the the good ones are in the right for then going after the man who murdered their leaders son. This all comes together in the end ands the beginning is the end however it will make sense by the end of the film.