Opening Scene Narrative - Miss Miller

Opening Scene Narrative

Introduction

Our very first frame consists of a long shot. The location is the school corridor and the frame shows an example of the character Cameron pulling along the chair and facing his death. The sound will be very simple during this scene as the focus is on the squeaking sound of the chair. The scene continues onto a median shot the sounds and frame remains similar focusing on just building the tension. The scene then portrays Cameron opening the door to the scene with the stair case. This shot is median and all you hear now is the door creaking slowly, this flows into a close up of the door and shuts firmly to show how trapped Cameron is. The scene then fades to black and is reunited with a close up of him tying the rope around the metal staircase. The location remains very dusty and damp looking and the use of iconography is present here as the chair and scarf (used as rope) is seen. As the character Cameron steps onto the chair Erie sounds begin to be heard non-dieageticlly towards the audience. A close up of Cameron's lifeless face is then presented. We use makeup under his eyes to show the exhaustion. His facial expressions remain to appear as if he has given up. The cinematography then begins to change as we zoom out into a medium shot. The editing is very slow in this scene as we plan to use slow motion to prolong his death, creating tension. The final frame to this scene is used with a median shot. You see his legs continuously struggling. The iconography remains the same and all we see is the chair being kicked over. The sound track remains gloomy to create the effect and realisation that his life is coming to an end. The positioning of the character Cameron remains very unsettled as we see his struggle after committing suicide. The editing then comes in from a big fade/flash transition to show we have actually gone back in time to where Cameron's struggles began. 

The first frame suggests that Cameron had a 'normal' family life. The sounds of eating is present and the long shot is used to show the positioning of the characters which is Mother and son placed awkwardly at different ends of the table. The iconography in this scene is the cutlery and 'food' that is left out for them to eat. The constant sound of eating and knives against the plate is heard and the lighting remains quiet natural considering this is the evening. The following scene is a point of view shot form Cameron's view he is looking at his mother she begins to nag him, talking about a doctors appointment. Her facial expression remains concerned and the only diagetic sound we hear is the mother raising her voice about how she believes Cameron has behaved. A close up of Cameron stabbing his knife into the his toast is used here. We see the anger in the way he uses this iconography which builds up the audiences perspective of what type of character Cameron is. We then see Cameron's whole body language. His position remains very stiff and his facial expression remains very tense. The lighting is now darker as the scenes atmosphere fades. The sound of his mothers dialogue is faded as Cameron's concentrations turns dark. The next scene shows an extreme close up of Cameron's dark eyes. Erie sounds begin to take place as we see the frustration in his facial expression. A sudden fade is then brought in which lasts roughly 3 seconds. Cameron shuts his eyes. After a flash transition the frame is led from Cameron's point of view and the use of iconography is used and repetition is used showing of the knife is continued. The short violent scene are brought to the audiences attention in quick editing. The character Grace is shown being stabbed and falls off her chair why she then looks confused and dazed after being wounded. Cameron then remains in power as we see him struggle to maintain purity as he murders his mother. We hear nothing but the soundtrack being played, which is a cover of Tiny Tim's - Tip Toe Through The Tulips. This parallel sound is played as Grace struggles to get her son off of her. Although this diabetic sound is muffled, We are able to here Cameron's muffled breathing. The lighting is still dark at this point to show that his 'dark' side is present. 

The title 'Disturbia' Is the portrayed on the screen while we continuously here the soundtrack Tip Toe Through The Tulips.

The final scene is then demonstrated.With a medium shot that shows Harmony walking. We are able to see a deserted looking street and bush to the right. The following shot remains quiet low and only shows half of her body. Her phone then begins to ring and a median shot it used to present her answering the phone. When the phone remains fuzzy and threatening she panics and a POV shot is shown as she frantically looks around to see if anyone is watching. Cameron replies with 'Cameron's Not Here Anymore' - As Harmony walks off we see her in a black coat. She wears all black to annotate that danger is near for her. We got Cameron to remain in a suit almost to show the contrast in characters. When his innocent he wears white. When he is in black he is evil and the fact he is in a suit at the end shows that this is only the beginning for Cameron. His 'protagonist side' wants to trick the audience into thinking his in charge.

Conclusion
If this was an entire film the storyline would continue to show how Cameron's innocent side deals with the guilt which leads him to his suicide and how does the film actually end does Cameron really die. The fact that Cameron appears to kill himself at the start shows how our thriller opening differ to stereotypical thrillers. In conclusion to our opening scene narrative we have successful attempted to include all the micro-elements that need to be presented in a conventional thriller opening.