Brief description for film opening

The idea of the beginning being the end and the two minute film opening being all a flashback and then ending with how it started-present day.

• Begins with the title, 'The Music Box' being typed on a typewriter but no hand or fingers are visible.

• Flashback-there is a man sitting in a car and there is a music box on the dashboard and he begins to wind up the box-over the shoulder shot.

• Zoom into the ballet dancer inside the music box spinning around which then fades into a ballet dancer dancing the same way in a ballet studio.

• Fades out back to the music box and the man slams down the box and the ballet dancer who is dancing in the studio falls over at the same time as he slams it down.

• Flashback-the ballet dancer stretches and bends down and we see the mans reflection in the mirror whilst she is down and when she stands up straight again he is not visible.

• Meanwhile, the text from the typewriter overlapps the previous studio scene writing, 'It was just an average day.'

• The ballet dancer takes her belongings and walks out the studio, turning the light off(extreme close up) and sees the music box in a corner playing music, she feels puzzled but does not take any notice of it.

• She walks out of the studio down some steps and begins to make her way home where she experiences a series of events(all this will be filmed during the night to enforce the thriller theme)

• First she walks through a park and the man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper and we zoom in on his eyes as this is all she sees(point of view shot) and the music from the music box is playing in the background.

• Then she walks down a Jack The Ripper styled alleyway, the man is present(over the shoulder shot of him watching her) and she hears the music again and becomes confused but continues walking.

• Afterwards, she is going up the escalators and the man is going down the escalators next to her and they come across each other and all se sees of him is his hat.

• Finally, she walks into a lift and as she turns around she sees the music box playing the music before her and the typewriter is brought into perspective again and overlapps the current shot with text reading, 'Then everything became clear.'

• All becomes clear that she is being followed as she then flashbacks with rapid transitions back to the eyes, the hat the several sightings of the music box, realises the music box symbolises his presence and so presses the lift buttons frantically to go up and escape.

• Meanwhile, the stalker man is still following her and heads downstairs thinking that is where she is heading too.

• Then, the girl runs across a bridge towards the right and beneath the bridge the man is running in the opposite direction.

• The focus is then on the girl with a rapid heartbeat playing in the background and as she turns her face to see who is behind her all becomes pitch black with just the sound of the music box.

• We are brought back to present day to the typewriter and based on the text during the flashback the audience are led to believe that the girl is writing this account.

• However, it is a twist as it is actually the man writing on the typewriter who writes the last piece of text, 'Part two' which implies that he is going to follow another girl.

• The camera then focuses on a window with a different girl walking passed then goes back to the man who puts on black gloves, picks up the music box and heads out the door.

• The next shot is back in the same park as before with him holding a newspaper again but instead zooms in on his mouth and smirks which informs the audience that he is going to strike again and do the same thing to this girl as he did with the other girl.

• The closing credits consisting of our names is presented by the typewriter again as it relevant to our film ,reinforces the idea of telling a story and shows finality.