Treatment

Soft sunlight and a deep rumble seep across the shards of gravel. Blunt thuds creep down the gravelly road towards a house. An unknown man, void of colour, followed the thuds, adorning a jet black blazer that cascades down from his shoulders. Cut to a woman putting crimson lipstick on in the reflection of a sharp knife. The man stands in front of a large house as he holds his phone to his ear as he spoke to a female voice.
"Now do me a favour. Mordecai; fetch me that bag and don't get caught" she purred.
Mr Mordecai gave a grunt and put his phone away. Precarious and cautious, the man slithered towards the monolithic house's door, unsheathing a sword-like lock pick.With a few twists and jolts, he got in. Mordecai crawled around the house and located the bag in minutes. He managed to recover the bag and slipped out the house like a ghost, leaving no evidence behind. Mordecai however had his own ghost behind him. Emerging out of what seemed like no where a beautiful woman materialised behind Mordecai. Sudden gunshot sounds at the same time as a cut to black.

Influenced by "L.A Noir" and "Double Indemnity", the opening uses low-key lighting to establish characters as sinful, morally ambiguous and dangerous characters who don't follow the social norm.
The costumes have been heavily influenced by the colours used in "Sin City". For example, we are planning on using a similar costume the female wore in the opening as it is red which is a seductive and powerful colour. We use props to portray our femme fatale as dangerous, seductive and strong. The knife, lipstick and phone are all symbolic of the different aspects of Serena.
Our location has been influenced by "The Third Man" as the house we are planning to film at is an old house with a barred staircase in order to show German Expressionism. We use a variety of shots such as tilt shots and shot reverse shot in order to display a wide variety of shots.