Sunday, 11 January 2015

Timeline for opening sequence of thriller

Timeline for opening sequence of thriller
  • 0-3 seconds – fade in
  • 3-6 seconds – car driving round corner
  • 6-9 seconds – back of car on street
  • 9-13 seconds – shows man’s eyes in mirror
  • 13-17 seconds - shows face, showing him driving
  • 17-20 seconds – hands on steering wheel 
  • 20-24 seconds – car pulls up outside house
  • 24-25 seconds – pulls gear to park
  • 25-27 seconds - man looks at house from car window
  • 27- 33 seconds – then shows him looking at woman in house
  • 33-34 seconds – close-up of man’s face
  • 34- 38 seconds – putting on gloves
  • 38-44 seconds – reaching to glove compartment, taking out plastic bag with fake ID and then taking ID out of bag
  • 44-47 seconds – close-up of badge on belt
  • 47-49 seconds – man gets out of car
  • 49-55 seconds- tracking shot walking up to front door of house
  • 55-57 seconds – man knocks on door
  • 57- 62 seconds - woman gets up and walks over to doorbell security screen
  • 62-64 seconds – FBI badge against camera
  • 64-68 seconds – woman walks over to front door
  • 68-71 seconds – woman unlocks door
  • 71-75 seconds – man comes in and slams door behind him
  • 75-77 seconds – man pushes woman to floor
  • 77-79 seconds – camera looking at man strangling woman
  • 79-81 – cut to view of woman being strangled
  • 81- 84 seconds – cuts back to man as he stops strangling woman
  • 84-87 seconds – woman lying unconscious on floor
  • 87 – 91 – man walking around house
  • 91- 96 – man stops, spots what he wants and walks up to it
  • 96-102 seconds – Black screen. Man opens doors of cupboard slowly (view from cupboard) and smiles/laughs
  • 102-110 – end titles

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