Props

In our opening we wanted to play on society fears. Therefore by using props such as a wedding ring and a family photo, people usually feel safer when in a cab. However what we have done is used those aspects to illustrate that it doesn't always mean your safe. As in each shot we slowly show more and more about the character, the audience is lead to believe that they are safe.
This is a short clip illustrating some of the props we filmed, we did not use all the shots we filmed as some of these did not flow or fit in the one of the opening.

Costume in Our Opening

Stefs dad was our actor in our opening. He wore a striped tracksuit with nike trainers. We though this was effective as it created this causal vibe. Making the audience less suspicions of the character and his intention when he was driving around as drivers usually wear something comfortable as they are sitting driving for the whole day. 

Location - WhiteWebs

The last scene in our opening is very significant as it ties the story line together, without it the story would not make any sense. Therefore a lot was riding on that scene. We want to film somewhere that looked abandoned or a place which looked like no one could find them.

As we are not making a feature length film and do not have a budget to hire somewhere out we settled for Whitewebs.  The drive up into Whiteweb really helped capture the 'scary' feel that we were aiming for.
 The long trees which surrounded the drive up changed the tone of the opening. This made the audience start to question the driver and where it this 'customer' going. This is helping build tension, creating a very tense feel. As Whitewebs is a public area it was difficult to film the shots we wanted. One elderly man thought that we we filming something very exciting a thought that it was is big break so as we were filming the last boot scene (with only 2 minutes battery left) he though it would be a good idea to warm up before his run, right next to the boot.