1. Opening Sequence
draft 2
Ina Francia Bayson
Carolle Mafuta-Nkalu
Ramina Arlauskaite

2. Genre: Drama
Theme: Obsession
A Drama film is most likely used for touching
audience’s feelings. It often revolve in films
about family, love, violence, biography etc.
Distributing Companies that
In 1980-1990s started to use supports drama films
drama films with a lot of
emotional themes.
Water for Elephants Titanic

3. Ideas for Opening
Sequence
• Idea 1
o The girl is obsessed on being thin. She killed herself and a flashback shows
of her childhood and children calling her names, she locks herself looking
at her diary and magazines, feels sick when seeing food, family problems.
• Idea 2
o A girl is obsessed with her friend and always copies her on everything she
do e.g. cut her hair. Girl found out that her friend is obsessed with her and
get scared.
• Idea 3
o A young girl, she’s trapped in the house and her parents are not allowing
her to go anywhere. She tries to talks to her parents to gain freedom. Her
dad abuses her, showing her that she’s too young to go off on her own.
She decided to runaway, called up her friend, goes to her place.
• Idea 4
o Girl live with here boyfriend, then he started to be nice but after a while
he started to be aggressive and possessive, when she wears make-up to
look nice for him he just change and abuse her. Dragging her to the
corridor and taking her make-up off.

4. What is abuse?
• Abuse can be
physical, sexual, emotional, verbal,
or a combination of any or all of
these.
• A type of behaviour towards a
person that causes them harm.
• Abuse can also lead to death.
• There are different types of abuse:
• Physical
• Mental/Emotional
• Sexual
• Neglect

5. Different kinds of Abuse
• Physical abuse
o Most easily recognized form of abuse.
o It can be any kind of
hitting, shaking, burning, pinching, biting, choking, throwing,
beating, and other actions that cause physical injury, leave
marks, or cause pain.
• Sexual abuse
o any type of sexual contact between an adult and anyone
younger than 18.
o between a significantly older child and a younger child
o if one person overpowers another, regardless of age.
o If a family member sexually abuses another family
member, this is called incest.
• Emotional abuse
o Emotional abuse can hurt and cause damage just as
physical abuse does.
• Neglect
o Neglect occurs when a child or teen doesn't have adequate
food, housing, clothes, medical care, or supervision.

6. Chosen Opening
Sequence
• Girl and boy been together for 3 years, and girl
decided to live with her boyfriend.
• At start he is nice, but started to become possessive
about her.
• Do not let her put make up and look nice.
• Abuse her when she don’t obey him

7. Idea for whole film
• After getting abused for wearing a makeup the girl
is locked into the bedroom.
• He told her to do food shopping for them.
• She left food in front of the house and runs
away, before going inside the bus her boyfriend
comes and dragged her back home.
• Abused her for trying to runaway.
• She tries to runaway by making him drink sleeping
pills, runs away, and had a new life.

8. What’s love got to do
with it
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
• A film about the singer Tina Turner and how
she rose to stardom with her abusive
husband Ike Turner and how she gained the
courage to break free.
• Director: Brian Gibson
• Writers: Tina Turner/ Kurt Loder
• Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures
• Release date: June 9, 1993
• Country: United States
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=Nbzbd2wUGao

9. Inspired Scene
beater
Abusive
Violent
Controlling
husband
http://www.youtube.com/watc Domestic The kids Educational
h?v=lqtbLe6Wq7Q Violent

10. Inspired Scene
Mid close up
Face looks extremely
swollen
Vitim of domestic
violent
New life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1s93fTwtOQ Escaping Independently
the abuse
&NR=1

11. Freedom Writers
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
• Director: Richard
LaGravenese
• Distributed by:
Paramount Pictures
• Release Date: 2nd March
2007

12. Why do you think its
inspiring?
They change they’re ways of
The students wants to
living
be free from violence.
Gang crime Why is its
inspiring? They want respect from
one another.
Opening sequence starts
Gain freedom by
with sounds of police siren
working with each
other
News showing the
gang violence in the
streets

13. Still Shots
Mid shot of 2
characters
2 characters arguing Teacher and
student are friends
Her husband tries
to make love with
her
Student telling teacher
her feelings

14. Precious
Genre: Drama
• Director: Lee Daniels
• Distributed by:
Lionsgate
• Released Date: 29th
January 2010 (UK)

15. Why do you think its
inspiring?
Incest
Relationship
The main character
Her dad rapes her gets abused
Why is it
She had 2 children inspiring? Abused by her dad
The opening soundtrack By her mum
is silent.
She gets
pushed around
Shows that this will be
about isolation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4accnr
OF_UM&feature=related

16. Still Shots
Precious by
herself, showing that she is
alone.
Blood in her upper
brow, indicating that
she just been in a fight
Looking down at Precious
showing that she is must more
powerful

17. Location
House Corridor Stairs
Bathroom Mirror Living Room

18. Props
The props that will be used are:

19. Actors/Characters
Actors As Characters
Name: Neil
Age: 17
Role: The possessive
boyfriend
Name: Ina
Age: 17
Role: The girlfriend
that he would abuse

20. Storyboard for Opening
Sequence

21. Shot list
Number Shot Description Prop Needed
Name/Effect
1 Close up Putting make up in front of Lipstick, eyeliner,
mirror happily mirror, clothes
2 Full shot Stands and leave the mirror. Left Mirror, clothes
the room
3 Full shot Enters the living room Her and his clothes
4 Mid shot She’s walking in front of him Her and his clothes
5 Two shot Him looking at her straight faced Her and his clothes
6 Close up and Shows his angry face seeing her His clothes
zoom out face, and he stands up
7 Long shot Him dragging her, showing that His and her clothes
leaving the living room
8 Reverse shot Shots of both their face Her make-up
expressions

22. Shot List
Number Shot name/Effect Description Props Needed
9 Long shot Showing they are Bathroom, his and
entering the her clothes
bathroom
10 Two shot Showing her and His and her clothes
him pulling her
11 Close up His hair in her head Sink, open tap
on sink
12 Transition- End of opening
Fade/Dissolve sequence

23. Script
1. INT.HOUSE. BATHROOM. DAY
Close up, Sam standing in front of the bathroom mirror. Takes her
bright luscious pink lip stick and put some in her lip. She glanced
into the mirror for another look.
2. INT.BATHROOM.DAY
Still in the mirror. She takes a last look and closes the bathroom
door.
(Background sound)
3. INT.HOUSE.LIVING
Full shot, Sam walks calmly toward her boyfriend with a smile.
4. INT.LIVING ROOM
Mid-shot, Sam standing in front of him and waiting for a compliment.

24. SAM
How do I look?
5. INT.LIVING ROOM
Two shot, Neil looks at Sam miserably with disgust and shame.
SAM
Do you like the pink? (Pause)
Do you think it suits me?
6. INT.LIVING ROOM
Neil (boyfriend) angrily stares at Sam and release that she has on
makeup. He stands up furious grabs Sam by the arm.
7. INT.LIVING ROOM
Long shot, Neil holds her down. He drags her by the hair.
SAM
Stop, please Neil stop.
NEIL
You must obey my orders, when I tell you to.
You hear me?

25. SAM
I’m sorry. Please Neil.
8. INT. Corridor
Reverse shot, Neil still aggressively pulling Sam by the hair. The
camera straight away feels Ina feeling pain and pleading him to stop.
9. INT. Bathroom
Long shot, Neil grabs tight onto the hair. Walks toward the bathroom.
Neil opens the door aggressively.
10. INT. Bathroom
Two shot mid shot, Neil drags her powerfully. Sam crawling on the
floor for help.
11. INT. Bathroom
Close up, Neil grabbing Sam’s hair. He adds force onto his hand and
pushes her head in the sink filled with cold water.
FADE

26. Target Audience
• The chosen classification for our
opening sequence is 15, as the
opening sequence contains violence.
• Only those over 15 years are
admitted, nobody younger than fifteen
should be allowed to watch this movie
as it may contain;
• adult themes, hard drugs, strong
words, moderate-strong violence/sex
references, and mild non-detailed sex
activity.