Our Narrative

This is a bullet point list of the narrative for our fianl piece.

• Opens with an establishing long shot of the female protagonist centralised in the frame.                                                                                                                     Setting - A dark room, low key lighting.
• Close up of her pouring a drink, body language should show signs of anxiety and distress. 
• Tilt up from her hand to an extreme close up of her eyes.
• Cut to white background and a non-diegetic sound effect to establish a flashback.
• In the flashback, the audience views a point of view shot of the protagonist from when she was told by a teacher her brother had gone missing. This should last up to 3-5 seconds.
• The whispering of the word missing is then repeated when the audience see's a close up of the protagonist back in the room. Non-diegetic sound will start to play over the top of this and the titles will appear in different corners of the frame.
• The protagonist starts to act agitated and distressed, this is shown through close ups of her fidgeting with her hair and scratching her head. 
• The atmosphere in the room builds as she starts to go through old newspapers and articles of her brothers disappearance.
• The pace of the editing will increase through a series close ups and extreme close ups of the props and the protagonist. She will be circling/underlining/ripping parts of old photos, newspapers, and articles. This should last 35 to 50 seconds.
• The title will appear on the screen and the sound would have built up throughout the scene until a loud noticeable notes. The title will appear for around 3 seconds.
• The male antagonist will then be firstly introduced with a medium shot of him stood in front of a mirror doing up his tie, attempting to look 'normal'. 
• He will then turn towards and walk out the door picking up a brief case and shouting (positively) "Bye!". This scene will last approximately 7-10 seconds.
• We will then cut to an extreme long shot of the antagonist walking out the house to establish the difference in location. Lighting should be brighter and contrast the previous scene.