This is a copy of our storyboard, at the beginning with have the titles including production company and studio names, and over this Ethan's voice begins to fade in talking about an irrelevant news story, like what happens at the beginning of 'I am Legend'. Then, the actual news screen comes into view and Ethan begins to talk about the disappearance of Cindy Lake and provides the details on her disappearance etc. This allows us to provide the audience with the narrative of the story in an unusual but effective way, introducing the audience to the kidnap scene before it has begun. I think this works really well, and is a good idea to also add to the serious and formality of the film.
The news report continues, but the camera begins to zoom out away from it to reveal the news report been played on a laptop. It continues to zoom out and move away from the laptop to eventually reveal Cindy on the left side of the shot, looking over her shoulder obviously meaning that she is watching the news report on her own disappearance. Then, a shot of her hands tied up and her struggling and trying to break free, a tension building shot which signifies she is in captivity and playing the role of the hostage.
Another successful shot which we have used before and decided to incorporate into our film opening is the shot of Brads feet walking towards the camera. We did this in our first practise and our group decided to use it again as it is effective and builds tension, an element that is much needed in thriller genre movies.
The opening ends with a POV shot taken from the antagonists perspective looking down onto Lauren, symbolising that he holds the higher status, he is in charge. He puts his hand onto Cindy's shoulder and the clip ends with the main title of our movie coming onto screen, 'Stockholm'.
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