Planning: Opening Scene Narration (Miss Begum)

Opening Scene Narration

My thriller opening scene will start with pictures of a crime scene. Someone is dead on the floor and has not been identified yet to the audience. The victims body is covered and there are detectives around the body. The audience can hear picture shots and sirens in the background. This then cuts to a interview scene with a medium shot of the antagonist, (which the audience does not know yet) wearing dark colours. The police is talking to the antagonist however she is not listening due to the voices in her head. The voices get louder and she starts having fits and cannot control herself. She eventually can't take the noises anymore and starts screaming which leads to her fainting which fades to black on the edit. During this black out it should be silent so it will build suspense for the audience. When she is awakened she can hear shuffling noises and is tied down to a bed. The girl starts seeing flashbacks where it fades to white in order to make it clear to the audience. The first flashback is of her boyfriend dead and her sitting in the corner shaking and panicking. The girl cannot stop moving as she does not know how to react towards her actions. Then the scene goes back to her sitting on the bed again where the camera shows a close up of her face which will show her concentrating on her thoughts. Then the second flashback shows her actually killing her boyfriend. The audience at this point still do not know why she has killed him however find out at the ending scene where she is smiling and says "Our love died so I guess he had to." I would want my audience to respond in a shocked way as I want to story line to be unexpected. I also would like the audience to question the scene as it would suggest they are interested in it and would want to watch more.