Then we are straightly taken to the context of the film on a expectant beach as there is a medium close-up of waves between 0:18 and 0:30 and then there is another but different medium close-up shot of waves between 0:30 - 0:32 so this altogether takes 14 seconds and in this period we here wave sounds.
We are then awaken by the first character who is a man that is vaguely seen by the camera and he lifts his face only so ever slightly. There is this soft close-up of his face which is interrupted by a sharp sight of the waves which is between 0:32 and 0:37 so 5 seconds and there is a slight quiet waking up noise. Between 0:37 and 0:40 (3 secs), there is a point of view medium close-up of a little boy throwing sand away from his face and there is a blurred sound of children playing. From 0:40 - 0:45 we see a man that lifts his face up even more slightly which is a close-up. Between 0:45 - 0:47 for 2 secs there is a point of view cutaway of a girl that is running to a boy who is playing with a sand castle. From 0:47 - 0:52 is reverts back to a close-up of a man lifting his head upwards and moving his fingers slightly. Then 0:52 - 0:53, there is a point of view shot and a medium shot if a girl running away and there is a slight scream as she does that.Then from 0:53 - 0:58, the same man drags his head down back to the sand and water (close-up). Between 0:40 and 0:58 we have a mystical curiosity music soundtrack playing. We then see the back of that same man but a gun is poking him from the back and this is from 0:58 - 1:00 but we can only hear waves.
At 1:00 - 1:01, the sunlight blocks the visual of the characters face but between 1:01 and 1:02 we see the man that has poked the first character in the back and he seems to have an Chinese/Japanese/Asian appearance and here he is blocking the sun and he is wearing dark clothing. Between 1:02 - 1:05, the second character moved a lot of the first male characters clothing upwards in which we see a gun (this is a point of view and over-the-shoulder shot). Between 1:05 - 1:07 the same character calls his presumed superior which is a low mid shot and between 1:07 - 1:12, there is a very wide shot of the superior responding and entering the building. This might be considered as a point of view shot. Then from 1:12 - 1:23, there is a translation on the bottom of the screen and we are taken what is speculated to be inside the building the superior entered and it is a long room with a table in the middle with 2 (assumed) guards and a character sitting on a chair (long shot and a mid shot). Between 1:05 and 1:23, Chinese/ Japanese/ an Asian language and dialect is heard. Among 1:23 and 1:28, there is a mid shot of putting a gun on the table and the character sitting on the table about to pick up a glass of wine when suddenly at 1:28 - 1:30 there is a cut-in of the character putting the gun and a plastic object on the table. Again, there is Chinese/Japanese/an Asian language is heard. Between 1:30 and 1:37, there is a medium shot of the character sitting on the table backing his hand away from the glass and turning his head. 1:37 and 1:41, there is a mid shot of bringing the first male character by his shoulders/dragging him and there is a sound effect of the feet of the first male character and the guards' weapons. From 1:41 - 1:49 there is a cut in of a guy's hand eating his food (noodle soup etc...) with a fork and the sound is of his slurp. Between 1:49 and 1:55, the original character that sat on the table starts to speak English. From 1:55 - 1:56, there is a movement of his head which is a close-up and from 1:56 - 2:00, there is a cut in of the hand movement from the gun to the plastic object.
What went well with the film opening is that I was kept on my feet until 1:12. This was because there was constant hazy movement between the mysterious male character, the children and the sergeants. The POV shot and the hazy effect stood out and made the audience feel like the male character when watching the children. Also, the huge amount of enigma was inflicted until 1:12 which is hard to do, the essence of not knowing made it enticing to watch the film opening.
What they could of changed is the Chinese/English speaking male character that was originally sitting on the table and first original male character coming into the room scene. There was no plot to it so it felt like i was not watching much and it seemed quite boring after that because there was nothing to watch apart from them talking and eating. The long shot of the 2 guards and one person sitting on the table wasn't as spectacular.
To entice the film opening a little more, they could of revealed more. As everything was a haze and nothing was given away, they overdid it. So revealing why they were here or how they could of helped the audience to not only understand what is going on here but enjoy the first few minutes of the film rather than bore them
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