Final Opening Idea

For our final opening, we decided to combine the storyline and layout of the first initial idea; a montage following a girl throughout her day, with the complex shots proposed in the second idea. The camera will circle around a mid-shot of our protaganist, a teenage girl, in 'safe' places such as her bedroom, for most of the opening. We decided to use the motif of a 360 degree shot to emphasise the importance of the girl in this story, as well as reflect the sense of isolation that the character is feeling.
However, this will also be broken up by much shorter shots of unsettling events, such as the girl being shouted at or trying to hold a door shut from an unknown intruder. As the opening progresses, these strange events will become more extreme, such as our main character trying to drown herself in the bath or being hurt. In doing this we hope to build tension and draw the audience in, making them want to know what happens next.
In order to clearly distinguish between the two types of scene in our opening, we will use contrasting colour and sound. For example, the circling shots will be much brighter and quieter in comparison to the 'weird' parts. Despite this, we will aim to use a uniform and constant colour palette throughout so that our opening feels complete and whole. 
We also wanted to include themes of mental illness in our opening as in addition to this being a common theme in thriller films, we also wanted to give a more accurate representation of this than in the films etc we have come across before. Non-diegetic sound will get louder throughout the opening to metaphorically show her deteriorating mental state.
The opening will end with a shot of the girl in a hospital, presumably because of her mental illness and how it has been affected by the events before, leaving the audience intrigued as to what will happen to her.