Here is one of our options for our film opening, the present day scenes are shown in white, and the past is shown in blue.
o A soundbridge of rippling water coupled with a black
screen fades into the opening – a woman in her 30s sits on the shingle, looking
out across the Thames water, relaxing.
o She is perhaps eating her lunch, a salad.
o There are shots of the water, slowly intercut with
views of her surrounding – Hungerford bridge/tower bridge.
o Maybe she has a cigarette – an expensive type, perhaps
malboro, and looks around – breathing deeply.
o Flashback to 10 years ago.
o This is a New Years event at a club
o The place is packed full of people dancing,
the camera passes through the bodies intermingling on a tracking shot.
o Heavy dance music is being played, people
are sweating- a sense of claustrophobia that contrasts to the calm scene by the
thames.
o The camera turns at some point during the
chaos and reveals the businesswoman from before as a woman in her early 20s on
a night out. The viewer knows this is the same person because of a necklace
with a pendant of either their name, or their first initial.
o His face is unclear, but a tall (slightly
awkward feeling) man is obviously trying to dance with her. He kisses her neck
and touches her body as she slightly recoils.
o The scene of the two is often interrupted by
people pushing past, again accentuating the feeling of chaos.
o Shouting is heard from another part of the
room, the camera turns and reveals her friend explaining that they are leaving.
o The main character leaves the ominous male
standing by himself as she leaves to catch up with her friends.
o The slam of the door as the group leaves brings the
present day business woman back to reality.
o She gets up from the shingle and walks along a bridge
(whether it’s Hungerford, Tower bridge or the millennium is irrelevant)
o Perhaps lifts a cigarette to her lips, which is
intercut quickly with a scene of past-main character, adjoining the two.
o Younger past woman bustles with her friends
out of the club with a cigarette to her lips.
o Closeups of the friends as the move along
the pavement away from the building.
o Sense of blurriness as cars pass, creating
lines of colour – experiment with shutter speed to get this effect?
o Main character’s phone rings
o Goes off into a sidestreet trying to hear
whatever the person is saying better.
o As past clubber-girl walks into the alley, it flips
back into present tense, the business woman is walking along the same street
and happens to walk past exact same alleyway
o Pull focus wide shot from back of alleyway shows her tentatively
looking inside, as if the place pains her.
o Same wide shot from back of alleyway of
younger girl entering to hear the person on the other end of the phone
o Final shot of a dark figure entering the
alleyway, unable to see who he or she is.
[Screen cuts to black with the film name flashing
across it.]
