Group: Treatment

Characters for the opening

• Detective - A man of his late 30s. Works independantly from the rest of the police force 
• Murderer - Mentally unstable. Similar age to the detective
• Kidnapped girls - all with similar attributes such as age, hair colour and social background
• Un-named forensic officers - wearing conventional clothing, taking pictures of the crime scene

Plot outline for opening sequence

1. Long pan of an urban area
2. Long shot of families in houses on the street. The camera pulls back through a window to a POV shot over the should of a man. He leaves the shot.
3. Cut to black. The audience hears non-diegetic noise of screams and a slashing knife
4. Cut to crime scene. Audience sees the flash of a camera and then a dead body infront of someones house.
5. Long shot of crime tape. A man (the detective) is seen approaching crime tape and passing under it. He is dressed in a conventional trench coat and hat identifying him as the detective.
6. Mid shot of un-named individual taking a picture from a certain angle.
7. This shot then becomes a picture in the detectives hands. There is an over the shoulder shot of him looking at the picture then slamming it down on his desk.
8. Close up of the detectives face showing his frustration. His face is shadowed due to a single lamp in the room which suggests foreshadowing of the detective.
9. Camera moves to a long shot from the oppisite side of the room showing his silhoette against the desk. He then throws all objects off into the adjacent wall. Diegetic sound of a heavy object hitting the wall/floor.
10. Low angle of the detective picking up CD from the floor. He looks puzzled at how it came to be on his desk.
11. Close up of the disc showing the date and time written on it in red ink and scribbled writing.
12. High angle of detective putting disc into the computer and watching the content.
13. A shot of the TV can be seen, image enlarges until it fills the screen.
14. A CCTV style camera at a high angle is used showing the physco talking to a therapist. Other images of him pacing and looking crazed.
15. The murderer uses a handicam showing a close of his face however film noir style lighting will be used to conceal his identity. In the background a tied up victim can be seen. throughout this scene the villian will be talking about himself almost in riddles.
16. At the end of the clip he says "You have 24 hours" then the screen cuts to black
17. The detective looks at his watch showing the time and date however he is already out of time.
18. An over the shoulder shot of the detective is used to show him looking up into the mirror. In it a reflection can be seen in the window behind him. The detective turns abruptly.
19. Scene cuts to black and the diegetic sound of a single gun shot is heard. The titles appear.