Actual Progress?

So we finally have the majority of our opening mapped out. We are going to start with an extreme long shot establishing shot of a bad neighborhood, then cutting one long shot and then to multiple angles of close ups of our main character, a male, getting put into a cop car. We are going to show shots of the handcuffs, his head going into the car, the door shutting to show him getting shut and locked into the system. 

We also decided we didn't want to show our main character’s face right away to symbolize that to the government and judicial system, he doesn’t matter and isn’t humanized, but rather just a name on paper and a file. The scene will continue with a cut right to an interrogation scene. We will have his thoughts be the narration, explaining both his past and current situation vaguely, but making it clear that he isn’t being judged fairly. We haven’t decided how we want to end it, as of course this would be crucial to the rest of the film (beyond the opening.) 

This is an idea we are still toying with, but somewhere in the scene and throughout the entire film opening, we want to keep returning to a shot of a file, and each time, the file size will incrementally increase. 

I hope to fully finish our plan by the end of the week because, to be honest, I’m a little stressed we don’t have it finalized. Progress, though!