Final Project Idea

I would like my opening sequence to be based around finding a "missing package", however the audience isn't sure who's got and that's what the protagonist has to investigate.

I am basing my idea around a number of different films including: Casino Royale (film noir, flashbacks, office scene), Train Spotters (freezeframes with names of characters) and The Usual Suspects (the use of montages).

My first idea involved flashbacks between the office scene as Bond looks through a profile full of 'bad guys' and an investigation scene on a boat, however that isn't entirely realistic due to transport and the use of locations.

My new idea is starting off the opening sequence with a man at gunpoint and 'Bond' is asking him "Wheres the package?" and the man has no idea what he's talking about. Here the audience are unaware why Bond has got this particular man at gun point. The scene will then cross-cut to an office environment where Bond is being briefed on the current situation. The situation is that a package has gone missing from the houses of parliment and it's his mission to get it back. It will then cross-cut back to the gun scene and then cross-cut back to the briefing and at that moment, the person briefing Bond reveals who the suspects may be and a series on montages will appear on screen showing a series of villans commiting certain crimes. At this point there will be freeze frames showing their names because when the scene cross-cuts back to the man at gun point, his name will be revealed and all will become clear to the audience. As the montage takes place, there will be a voiceover from the office scene, talking Bond through each suspect.

Even though the man at gun point swears that he isn't the man, Bond then shoots him and thats when the opening sequence ends, leaving the audience to sheer suspence to why Bond has shot him and what will happen next in terms of the investigation of the missing package. Before Bond shoots the man, he says "I don't have it, but I know who does". At this point, the man gives the location to Bond and then he asks "Am I free to go then?" and Bond then says "No!" and shoots him.