Our opening sequence begins with an alarm clock going off and the main character waking up. Next we have a montage of her morning routine, including shots of her getting ready and doing her make-up. This is similar to Detective Somerset's morning routine in "Se7en". The middle of the sequence starts with a shot of a kitchen radio, where an announcement can be heard about the release of a convicted rapist. During this there are cross-cuts to another person's point of view, and this person is watching Shania (the lead character) in the kitchen.
The end section of the opening sequence shows Shania leaving her house and beginning her walk to work. As she walks there are cross cuts to someone else's footsteps, running in a forest near by. She hears twigs snapping and begins to walk faster. It is then revealed that the footsteps belong to a runner, who then continues to run down the road and past Shania. She then carries on walking to work. The sequence's final shot is from the stalker's point of view again, watching Shania from the distance.
There is no dialogue in our film opening. The only speech that can be heard is the morning radio announcement. It is split into two sections as the radio announcement carries over two shots, with a cross cut to the stalker's point of view in between.
There are many narrative conventions within our opening, including enigma codes, action codes and binary opposites.
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