- Establishing shot of the protagonist lying on the floor, looking disorientated. This is a MCU, and is slightly tilted to highlight said disorientation. He slowly gets up.
- Cuts to a MCU of the protagonist getting up, and walking away (the camera pans to show this)
- Shot from inside a cupboard (Tarantino boot shot style) showing him take a glass out and close the cupboard again.
- The table is shown with a mysterious note written on it, he picks it up.
- Close up of his face as he is clearly confused by it.
- The note is put down.
- The camera pans as he walks around to investigate.
- POV shot of him investigating, he looks in the dining room to see a symmetrical dinner table with apples on plates and empty wine glasses (biblical references). He then looks back out down the hallway
- Shot from the other end of the hallway with the protagonist looking straight down.
- Back to the kitchen, and he takes the glass over to the sink.
- Close up of the glass being filled.
- Close up of the side of his face where he takes a drink, only to discover blood in his mouth.
- Over the shoulder shot where he spits into a sink.
- XCU of his lower face where he pulls a tooth out of his mouth.
- Cut back to sink where the tooth is thrown in.
- MLS of the protagonist walking over to a mirror, the camera pans across to the mirror.
- CU of his face and he discovers he is oozing a dark coloured substance from his nose.
- He collapses onto a sofa clutching his face.
- He falls off and starts writhing around in agony.
- CU of the side of his face while he is doing this, with his actions getting more intense.
- Cut back to the first shot of him in agony, and he lets out a scream.
- Title screen comes up.
Shot sequence
Before I storyboard, I'm going to quickly outline shot by shot what will happen in the opening to my film.
