Treatment 2 - Thriller Opening

Title- Love In Cold Blood

Scene 1

· First image is of a man washing blood off his hands

· Bright lights on sink. Dark everywhere else in room to show the emphasis of the blood running off the hand

· P.O.V shot so that the man’s face cannot be seen

· Sound of the taps and heavy breathing

Scene 2

· Background will be newspaper cuttings

· Credits will fade in from the centre on the screen

· Sound of sheet being ripped and the sound of footsteps

Scene 3

· Same arms as in the first scene but this time wrapping a knife up with the torn sheet

· Both the knife and the sheet are covered in blood

· Fairly dim lighting, still tell what the arms are doing

· P.O.V shot used again, so you still won’t be able to see the person’s face

· The only sounds that will be heard are the noise that the person will make e.g. breathing

Scene 4

· Similar to scene 2.

· More credits will appear

· The sound of the scene will be petrol being poured and the sound of a match being struck, then the sound of a fire

· This will be able to make the film more fluid in between scenes

Scene 5

· Image of a burning barrel, you will be able to see the knife wrapped in the torn sheet in the barrel

· The sounds you will be able to hear will be the fire

· The lighting will be the fire

· This scene will be a close-up f the barrel and the content

Scene 6

· Similar to scene’s 2 and 4 but this time showing an image of a person

· The final set of credits will appear on thins scene

· Sound of a car door being shut and the engine starting

· Font size will be medium

· Font colour will be black

· Font style will be plain

· This will be the same for all the credits

Scene 7

· Car driving off (can’t see driver) and the burning barrel in background

· Sound of the car

· Light will be the headlights of the car and the fire from the barrel

· Pan-shot to follow the car as it leaves

· Fade to black at the end of the scene

Scene 8

· Title of film appears in the centre of the screen

· Writing is very bold

· The colour of the writing is white

· Dull music starts to play