opening sequence

The Lie to me opening here starts with a woman at a crying in a toilet cubicle and dropping a used syringe on the floor, this leads the audience to believe that the woman, who now stumbles out of the bathroom bumping into people, is struggling with drugs abuse. We then see the woman on the phone to someone in some sort of distress before cutting to a girl, who we believe to be her daughter, waking up and calling out for her mum and not being able to find her. The sound used in this opening sequence creates tension and a good sense of atmosphere telling the audience exactly where the woman is with the music and talking/ laughing being played in the background and the spanish radio station coupled witht he sound of cars in the background tells me that the girl is in a Mexican motel by the side of a busy road. It is helpful to the audience that they can make their own conclusions about where the characters are or what is happening in the sequence purely from sound as it can help add to the enigma of the sequence which is what a detective/crime drama tries to create.

For my groups main sequence I want to try and keep some of the original background sound to give the audience the feel that they are in the heart of a busy community and that it is bustling with life, however this may backfire if the sound isnt of the right quality or someone talks over it.