The first key moment in our opening title sequence is the first scene where we see a father and daughter playing a board game together at the table. this is the first scene that we are introduced to the characters. the non-diegetic jazzy soundtrack gives the illusion that this is a family film, but as the narrative continues we can see that this is very false. the opening scene draws in our target audience as the fact that the audience is aware of the genre and the opening scene contrasts what they were expecting, instills a sense of anticipation as they are waiting for something bad to happen that will change the happy family scene to the psychological thriller that the were expecting.
Key moment 2
The third key moment is when the father leaves the table to go and make coffee. as we see him enter the kitchen we get the first indication that his life isn't as picture perfect as it was perceived to be. the audience sees dirty dishes stacked up everywhere and dirty cups from previous coffee runs that have been forgotten. the use of the dirty dishes and kitchen would most likely be picked up by our target audience as they are details that an older eye is more likely to pick up opposed to a younger one, as younger children done have the same eye for mess as adults do. the father then begins to make his coffee and aggressively gets the ingredients out to do so. While the father is making the coffee he burns his hand causing him to yell out in frustration, which contrasts the previous fathering figure that we saw in the pervious key moment. when the father suddenly burns his hand it adds a shock factor to the scene as it was not expected by the audience.
Key moment 3
As the father is pouring his coffee he burns his hand. when he burns his hand his concentration leaves the his daughter which causes her to blankly stare up at her father with an almost empty look. in this scene we were portraying that when the father isn't focusing on his daughter (who is a figment of his imagination) she becomes a still being as his focus has been shifted somewhere else so he is not thinking about what she would be doing. when the father begins to shake off the sudden burning sensation, the daughter starts to reanimate and she goes back to "playing monopoly". this scene is where the thriller aspect of the sequence really starts to be seen as the first "abnormal" occurrence happens. the fact that the daughter appears to be the victim of this scene when we see a close up of her face puts our older audience on edge as the older audience is more likely to have more prenatal instincts.
Key moment 4
The father then goes back into the living room to continue playing the board game with his daughter. he walks back into the living room and begins talking to his daughter in the previous fatherly manner. he sits back down at the table and jokingly asks her "have you been cheating? cheeky little monkey!" as the camera pans behind his shoulders. as the camera pans around behind him the daughter appears to have disappeared but he is still talking and acting like someone is there. this is the clip that the audience realises that the daughter was never actually there and has been in his imagination the entire time.
Key moment 5
The final scene in our opening title sequence is the imagine of the father sitting alone at a table talking to himself as if he is talking to his "daughter" and continuing the monopoly game that we thought he was playing with his daughter, but was actually playing by himself the while time. the final shot of the father sitting alone as the camera slowly pans out leaves an unsettling feeling in the audience as he still continues to act in a childish manner but is clearly alone. this perception of the scene would most likely be missed by a younger audience as younger children take stuff in a more literal manner, however adults will be able to see the story as it is intended.
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