The opening shot is a black screen with no music and the sounds of a person being forced under water. We hear a brutal interrogation scene and as the camera zooms out it reveals that we are hearing this over a radio. The camera then pans left slowly, allowing the audience to take notice of a wall chart with various mug shots on it, some with crosses through them and a time next to their name. The camera slows down briefly to highlight the next person on the list. It stops on a photo being held up in the gloved hand of a mysterious figure. The photo is a generic looking family photo. His head turns left to look at a small screen which shows someone look outside of a house from left to right. The hand holding the photo slams down, smashing the glass of the frame. An electric guitar piece begins to play in the background. We see someone zipping up his leather jacket and leaving the room.
The scene then cuts to a shot of a tall person arriving on a motorbike. He un-mounts and begins walking up a gravel drive. The camera varies its position as it focuses on the person walking up the drive. We then see the man look at his watch which when the camera zooms out again, is an identical one on the wrist of the interrogator. He is kneeling over the sprawled out teenager. At this point the door bursts open and one shot is fired. The interrogator falls dead. His face matches the one on the wall chart. The teenage boy looks up at the helmeted man and says “I’m sorry, I told them that you were coming and where you were hiding, they’ll be waiting for you now.” The man then takes off his helmet and is revealed to also be a teenager. We then see from his viewpoint and he slowly lifts the gun towards the other boy. He is still talking but everything has gone silent, his hands are shaking. The screen goes black and three shots are heard. Everything remains silent as the credits flash on screen.
The types of shot I will use are close ups of: the eyes of the characters, the wrist watches during the shot transition and the radio used to listen in on the interrogation.
To follow the walking scene I will use a variety of shot types such as over the shoulder and panning shots as we move around the character who will be shot from the front and back while keeping to the 180° rule. Further shot types will include mid shots looking at the interrogator and the victim and eyes level shots from the perspective of the main character.
This opening can be easily connected to the scene in Kill Bill where we see Beatrix riding her motor cycle behind the crazy 88 gang. It makes similar use of face obstruction and energetic music. The sounds we hear from the interrogation are comparable to the scene in V for Vendetta where the main character is being tortured for information.
What is truly happening in this scene is the interrogator, who is part of a network of people involved in the murder of the main characters family. Only one person went to jail for the murders but the survivor of the family knows that there were more people involved. He has been one by one eliminating everyone involved - literally everyone, so that he can be sure that “justice” has been done. The interrogator who is next on the list (implied by the wall chart) has become aware that the people involved in the crime are being eliminated and it seems logical that the person behind the killings is the surviving member of the family – the main character. In regards to this the interrogator has taken hostage one of the boys old friends, someone who might know where he is hiding or what he is planning to do next. However the house where he is being held captive was already bugged as it was the next target for the main character. The main character then carries out his plan as normal with the intention of rescuing his friend in the process, however while he was making his way to the house the friend revealed his intentions and hiding place. In his anger he kills the friend who has compromised his whole mission.
The rest of the film would have shown the boy on the run from both the mob and the police, who soon catch wind of the situation after his hiding place is revealed. The film would also have dealt with the internal struggle as the teenager contemplates what he has become in order to achieve his goals.
You have worked hard on this Patrick. You have refocused your thoughts on the material you already have and have developed ideas to make sense of the second sequence in the film. You have also offered an insight into the backgroud story of the characters which will help you when you come to edit and make sense of the narrative.
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