Script

we chose specifically not to include any dialogue in our movie opening because without the access to professional or experienced actors we thought creating a complex script would be unrealistic and include too much information for a movie opening, however a very short and brusque script would make the scenes seem unimportant and imposed. The absence of any dialogue in our opening meant we had to pay particular attention to all the other areas of mise en scene such as the costume, lighting and setting. our script predominantly revolved around stage directions so we had to ensure these stage directions were exact enabling us to focus on every action and movement of the characters so filming could commence appropriately.

-*headlight flashes and title of 'RoByN' appears as an overlay on this visual. strobe effect causes text to also flash*
-Camera pans round a side rear view of a silver, work vehicle
-mans boots step out of the car with a leaf crunching noise
-a more revealing shot discloses the enigma of the mans identity- however his full identity is not revealed until he assesses the damage to his car- after it is evident he has hit someone/something and had a collision.
-the man walks hastily around the vehicle- and it is evident he has been drinking- he stops in his track when he reaches the subject of his collision- a young girl
-eye-line match reaffirms that the young girl is dead and in a grievous and harrowing state- close up shots fortify this.
-there is a moment of confusion and guilt, coincided with drunkenness- and even the stillness and pace of shots replicate this confused pandemonium the man is experiencing.
-the man attempts to hoist the girl up, (which is captured in a two shot with both subjects) so that he can maneuver the girl into a more concealed position to cover his tracks...for this reason, he moves her onto a boggy marsh like terrain- hidden within shrubbery.
- as the man walks away after placing the female fatality down on the ground, he checks for any overseers or witnesses, goes to his car and has a swig from a bottle of vodka- his actions tracked and responded to from different angles with match action.
- as he drives away, he maneuvers the car to run back over the girl in the shrubbery, to ensure she is 'finished of', he then continues to drive up the road- prior to yet another swig of vodka
-in the meantime, parallel action is happening as the girl at this point is 'rising from the dead'- her eyes re-opening captured by a extreme close up and her seeing her own wounds with eye line match and point of view shots....after struggling to get up (captured with a over the shoulder shot and long shot of her struggle to get up) she begins following the car.
- oblivious and distracted by the drinking antics, the drunken man does not see what the audience do- and is inattentive to his wing- mirror and front mirror which both portray the reflection of the young girl stalking the car....this then continues to the girl standing beside the car- being there when it drives up to her but gone as the car accelerates past creating almost camera 'magic' making her seem un-natural and ghostly.
-opening sequence concludes with the girl stalking the car further, until she bangs on the front window of the car- frightening the man.

(*alternate route {B} ending is to have the window bang shot take place followed by a black screen-possibly a title screen- and then a more chilling blurred shot of the girl standing alone- to show her as the main antagonist of the movie and hint how her latency will be what the film revolves around.