The Opening Sequence

The opening sequence starts off with and ext. shots of Barking Abbey School (Leisure Centre) it then dissolves to a panning of inside the leisure centre , which then pans across the basketball court,the dance studio then the hallway leading to the classroom. The use of establishing shots sets the scene of the film. (All the establising shots leading up until the classroom will be in black and white). We then have a meduim close up of Alison sitting in the classroom bored looking up at the clock which leads to the close up of the clock.Then music then fades out until you can just hear the clock ticking. We then cutaway to a close up of Alisons feet tapping to the beat of the clock. After a few minitues the bell goes and then the shots are in colour ( we chose for this scene to be in colour at this point to emphisise Alison coming alive after being bored in school for so many hours).
We have a longshot focusing on Alisons excitment leaving the classroom, then we have another longshot from a diagonal side view of Alison running through the corridor and Ricardo with his basketball team on the other side. They both bump into each other , there is a meduim shot of Ricoardo helping Alison pick up her stuff. Ricardos freinds hurring him up to leave and Ricardo forgets his ball , Alison kicks it and the camera follows the ball which then reveals the title scequence of the film.