Opening Sequence - Trial And Repbrutation

This is an opening from a detective thriller programme called Trial and Retribution. The programme is about crime and detectives. In this opening sequence we see the incident that sparks the detectives and what the programme is going to be investigating.

• First we see a young boy riding around a courtyard on his bike, the camera films him from a variety of angles and focuses on him. This tells us that the boy is going to have something to do with the accident that is going to happen.
• We then are shown a man driving in his car recklessly fast. The radio is on and he is driving fast and unaware of his driving.
• We then go from shot reverse shot between the man driving and the boy on the bike a few times. This tells us that the man and the boy are going to meet or collide in some sort of way as each shot gets shorter as they get closer together.
• After we then go to another man driving, much more slower and sensible. He drives past the road where the little boy is and looks down it, as he looks down it he sees the women fall from the flats above
• We then are shown the women falling, time slows down as she falls and the camera is level with her. The effect of this shows the audience that the falling object is a women and then gets the audience wondering who she is sparking an enigma. 
• Time then speeds up and the women falls and crashes into the reckless drivers car just before he almost hits the boy on his bike.
• Then we see the boy staring at the woman on the car, then the other man gets out of his car and covers the little boys face so he cant see the accident.
• Then time slows down as the car smokes and the man holds the little boy.
• Then the opening credits start.

This opening sequence creates allot of enigma and wonder. It uses a variety of shots and effects. The most effective effect used is slowing down of time this is because it lets the audience focus on the woman and the man. It relates to our opening as it has the same structure which is showing the crime to make the audience wonder then the credits would roll and then film would be about how they solved the crime.