Myself and my partner Shaun decided to change the narrative structure of our video as we felt that there were aspects of the original idea that didn't set up the rest of the film as a proper story as it lacked enigma codes and didn’t follow the conventions set by other opening sequence to thrillers that we had studied. Our original opening sequence looked more like a trailer than an opening sequence as it didn’t introduce the protagonist and it didn’t set up a story.
The original idea was the protagonist was walking home from his workplace and realised he was being stalked by the antagonist who was playing games with him. The antagonist would leave a note for the protagonist and would tell him that the only way that he could survive was by finding eight pages hidden in the forest, this concept is similar to the game Slender which is one of the sources of my inspiration for the idea of the opening sequence. The protagonist would then run away trying to find the pages and would trip, bump his head and wake up the next day and wonder if he had imagined it or not. Then he would see the protagonist and the film title would role across the screen.
With the new idea, we have modified this storyline by starting with the protagonist waking up in the middle of the location and wondering if the events of last night were simply a nightmare. While walking through the forest he gets flashbacks of what has happened the night before and how he ran from the antagonist. The effect of this was to drop hints of the narrative to come and to create anticipation through the flash backs. Every time there is a flashback there is a loud jolt to shock the viewer. The sequence ends with the title of Willow rolling across the screen.
The new idea seems better than the other one as it is more of a build up of tension instead of just full on action. As I was setting the scene for my thriller film I felt it was better to go with the new option as it builds up the tension and sets the tone for the rest of the film.
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