Research into openings

As i have decided our film subgenre should be a 'Psychological Thriller' i have thought about a few different ideas that could be used for our film.

1. Start the film with the ending and reverse the film backwards... so the opening will end with a reverse.

2. A 'Film Noir' styled opening.

3. Have a killing at the beginning with a voice over from the killer -which will be the psychotic woman.

One film inspiration i've looked at is the opening to the Crime Thriller 'Goodfellas'

The opening 2 mins of this clip have inspired my film opening as it's very fast pace - where the killing happens at the beginning of the film - this is what i want to do in my thriller - whereby the man being stalked will be killed in the bathroom. Another factor that has inspired me from this film is the fact there is voice over from the main character. During my opening i want there to be a voice over from the woman something along the lines of "It doesn't always go the way it should and i guess that's how i ended up here" - to show she regrets killing the man and her sanity has returned. 

Pulp fiction also inspired my choice of film opening it is a conversational style opening which could be used throughout a section of my opening - or the setting whereby i can have the woman following the man in a restaurant styled atmosphere. There are particular shots that attracted me...

This close up could be used in mine - i want a lot of close ups of the woman's face during my opening and correspondingly show close ups of the man whilst showing their connection. 

This wide shot allows us to see the whole scenario - i want to use these in the bathroom scene whereby i'll be able to show the whole bathroom.

This close up interested me as it's the main tool of the scene - this has inspired me to use  CU shots like this on the weapon in my thriller.