Brief description

I know that with any film openings, the audience should be gripped from the start so that they will continue to watch the rest of the film, it should been informative to make them curious but not enough to give away everything. Horror films tend to introduce the idea of something wrong to set the mood of a scary event about to happen, it should also make the audience expect something mysterious too.

The Storyline

A man is shown sitting in an office doing what appears to be the planning of a murder. He is seen looking on the internet for objects which could be used in attacks; therefore he is shown as a Hitman. We see a 'Flash back' of him murdering someone in a field at night, then cutting back to him working in the office again. At the same time, on the radio, a news report of a killing incident is being transmitted. Because the camera focus will be on the office worker, the audience will develop an understanding that the news is about him; but he is oblivious to this and remains to have an expressionless face.

A telephone conversation is added evidence to the audiences' perception of him being a bad person, we hear him discuss deals with the other person on the phone.

He writes reminders of tools he needs onto Post-It notes and information on a piece of paper, he does this violently in a frustrated manner.

We see him writing a wrong address and date so he rips up the sheet of paper and tosses it in a bin (this part is one of the most important scenes in the film opening). The man then writes the correct date on a new piece of paper.