Film Treatment- Detailed Description of Opening Sequence

The opening sequence starts with a black screen then slowly fades into a close-up of the main character (Owen Haynes) taping up his hands. Whilst he is still taping his hands the camera then moves into an Over The Shoulder shot of him and then putting on his boxing gloves. After this we then cut to a Mid-Shot of Owen boxing against a punch bag very aggressivly, this is from a backwards perspective still not showing his complete face. It then flashes to a short clip of a young child on a swing, in a little park, on his own showing his facial expressions which are upset and downhearted. Straight after this it shoots straight back to the image of Owen boxing a punch bag but this time it is a Close-Up shot of his gloves against the bag. It quickly shows a mid shot of Owen boxing, however it doesnt show his face, it only shows his waist to his chin. Again it flashes to the small child being unhappy and sad. A final Mid-Shot of Owen Swinging for the punch bag but at a slightly lower angle, which merges into a Match On Action shot switching to from him going to punch the bag to him hitting an actualy person, all of which is at the lowered Mid-Shot. Right after this has happened it cuts to a Mid/Long-Shot of the victim falling onto a stretcher. This then turns into a translucent image of the man on the stretcher which is a Mid-Shot and a Close-Up of Owen's stern face. The camera zooms out off of the translucent image, to a man walking in a solid image down a round of house either side of him. This then finalises with a Long-Shot of Owen walking down the road whilst a voice over is being played explaining his life and who he is.