Genre: Action
Description of the opening title sequence: This opening title sequence would contain three parts to it. It would open with a shot of a man playing the piano in an empty room, lit only by a singular desk lamp. He is very focussed on the music he is reading and what he is playing. After this shot of the pianist, it would cut to an exclusive poker game of about 4 members, again in a dark room lit only by the small lights around the poker table. The pianist is very focussed, and the poker game is serious with a touch of comradery between the players. After switching between the pianist and the poker game for about a minute, the scene cuts to a shot outside, where a couple of vans pull up, and a group of fully armed policemen pop out of the vans and start swarming a building. As the policemen start readying themselves for breaking into the building, the camera cuts between them, the pianist and the poker game. Just before the policemen break in, the camera cuts to the face of the pianist, and he shows that he knows what will happen next. The camera then cuts to the policemen as they count down from three and enter the building, and the screen goes black, with the audience left unsure of who’s building the police stormed.
Brief narrative of the rest of the film: After this scene, it is shown that the policemen stormed the building with the poker game inside. The rest of this film is essentially about a criminal (the pianist from the opening title sequence) who makes policemen believe they are about to catch him, but as oppose to catching him, he leads them to another criminal instead. The rest of the film would contain examples of him doing this, and then at the end being caught by the policemen in a clever way.
Inspiration or similar films: The opening title sequence didn’t have a lot of inspiration, but the idea for the film was inspired by the Steven Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can, as it shows the work of a con artist, but as oppose to someone who consistently seems to lead the FBI down a wrong trail, the protagonist for my idea will lead them to another criminal, making him hated by both criminals and police officers.
Where would it be shot: For the pianist and the poker game, since the room is going to be dark, and lit by just one light, the room just has to be big enough to fit a piano and a poker table in. For the policemen who are outside for the entire scene however, the building that they are storming I always envisioned to be very similar to the theatre building at school. Red brick and space outside of it so that the camera could get shots of the policemen running towards the building from the bus.
How big would the cast be: The cast would contain 1 pianist, 3-4 poker players, and 4-5 policemen. Since the policemen I envisioned would be in full police gear, and would likely have helmets, and other forms of face coverings, the person playing the pianist could also take the role of a policeman provided his face couldn’t be seen. I think that the cast size for this opening title sequence would be around 7-10 people.
Sound: Again, there would be no non-diegetic sound in this opening scene. There will be use of a sound bridge as I want the sound of the piano playing to continue through to the poker game and to the policemen shots as well, but the volume of the piano would be turned down to hear the diegetic dialogue between the poker players and the policemen. There would also be the diegetic sound of the vans pulling up, and the sound of the policemen getting ready and running in their gear.
How would I show the titles on screen: I would show titles in a very posh white font for this opening title sequence as I want to emphasise that the main protagonist (who isn’t made clear from this title sequence) is sophisticated and experienced in his crimes and in the way he manipulated the police.
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