Our opening will be based on the friendship between two best friends as their relationship slowly falls apart resulting in the decline of character 1's mental health. We will present this story through flashbacks of memories between the two. These will be linked back to one continuous shot of the two sat on a bench. The memories will begin happy showing the two characters full of life and energy. Gradually these memories will turn sour and become sadder, eventually leaving character one in a vacant, emotional unstable state. The bench scene will start behind the bench with the two actors backs facing the camera. The camera will then turn in an anti-clockwise circular motion towards the bench. As the camera gets closer to the bench, it will show character two missing and character one will be sat alone staring into oblivion. There will be a close up to reveal her face looking vacant and hollow. This will then cut to black, followed by the title sequence. The themes present in our opening will be: friendship, mental health, trauma and death.
Our opening will be from the perspective of character one. Therefore we will focus on the emotions she is feeling during them. For example in the happy flashbacks we will focus on her smile and her happiness. Whereas in the sadder flashbacks we will focus on the loss she is feeling and the trauma she is experiencing. Character two will be character one, our protagonists, best friend. She will be a happy, healthy teenager. In the sadder flashbacks this character will jump in and out, therefore making the audience question her existence. We decided to make both character female as they are seem as innocent, this would have a greater impact when character one becomes emotionally corrupt.
For the scenes filmed on the bench, we will be filming on a large garden in front of an old looking house. This will represent her looking back at past memories, as the house will hold a lot of her history. For flashbacks set outside we will be filming if rural, remote areas e.g a village on quiet streets. This will make it more personal as the scene won't be full of distractions from other people on busy streets. This could also enforce the idea that these events are taking place inside her head as the setting they are in is deserted. We will be suing natural lighting during these scenes to make them seem realistic.
Other flashbacks will be filmed inside. Happier scenes will be filmed inside a cosy living room, this will give a sense of fondness and happiness. We will use props such as pillows and blankets to also make the scene appear cosy. This will reinstate that the two friends were both comfortable and happy during these times.
Some darker flashbacks will be filmed inside. This is so that we have better control over the lighting of the scene. For these scenes, the lighting will be bleak, dull and gloomy to reflect the feel of the the characters in the scene. We will also film a flashback of character 1 looking into the bathroom mirror, the lighting in the bathroom will be uncomfortable, stark and similar to that of a hospital. This will give the impression the character is disorientated and sick.
We will be using a wide range of shots during our opening. For the bench scene we will use a medium tracking shot moving anti-clockwise around them. During flashbacks we will use lots of close ups to clearly display the emotions of the character during the time. We will also use a close up of character 1's face as the last shot in the sequence as she looks directly into the camera, thus breaking the fourth wall. We will use over-the-shoulder shots while they are arguing.
During the editing stage, we will use filters and adapt the tone of shots to also help set the mood for some scenes. For example we will darken, put full, grey, blue tones over darker depressing sadder scenes. Where as happier scenes, we will brighten and whiten colours to make them seem dreamlike. We will also add in flashes to white and black transitions between clips to represent gaps in time and memory (between the present and past).
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