Our opening sequence will start with a shot of Blake playing with a ring in his hands. Due to the fact this shot would take place a long while before the poker game, we will add a dreamy style filter to the shot. The sequence then follows the conversation between Jen and Blake, Blake asking Jen to help him recover the kidnapped Rachel by getting her hands on a police file on the gang Blake suspects is responsible for the kidnapping. Jen is reluctant to help Blake as she was fired from the police force due to her gambling addiction (the same reason Blake has come to this poker match to speak with her). Both Blake and Jen will have similar amounts of screen time during the conversation as we want to show Jen's strong independence and lean towards leadership. At the climax of the opening, the two criminal characters at the table will become angered by Blake disrespecting them out of his frustration at Jen, and they will pull weapons on them. Jen will shoot the two criminals before they have time to take any action.
Our sequence will start with titles for distributor, production company, director, and then the film's name, all on a black background, and then actor titles will be over-laid on the actual opening shots. This style of film opening titles is very similar to that in The Usual Suspects, our main influence in terms of titling.
Our setting for the opening sequence is an illicit, dingy back-alley poker game. We chose to connote both the drabness of the setting, and the fact all the events are Blake recalling memories by having a black background, and no other major props other than the table visible in the scene.
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