Final Synopsis and break down of opening sequence

Rob Thompson is a normal guy who lives a good, healthy life and has never suffered with any major issues throughout his life. The life that he lives is almost ‘ideal’; he is smart, funny, wealthy, liked by others- generally has everything going for him.

However, when he gets into trouble with a strange, homeless-looking man after accidentally bumping into him, his life takes a turn for the worst. As the man tries to attack him whilst screaming gibberish, Rob picks up a metal pole off of the ground and hits him over the head with it, leaving him on the floor before fleeing. As Rob escapes, he is full of guilt as he wonders if the man may be dead or not but also relieved as he thinks that he won’t ever see this stranger again…….. But Rob thought WRONG! He then sees the same stranger wherever he goes; at work, on the bus, outside of his house, the cinema and even at the local church where he goes to pray for all the harassment to stop.

Rob spends the next few days trying to point him out to different people but never seems to be spotted by others. Does the man disappear when others look or is he simply not there? Did the stranger survive? Rob must overcome either the psychological or physical harassment from “The Stranger”.

Breakdown of the opening sequence:

• Sequence begins with Rob outside of  his home placing headphones on as he gets ready to go to work.

• As he walks down the road with a tracking shot we see a character coming to view who later proceeds to push him out of the shot

• Rob apologises to the man and walks into an alleyway trying to avoid him

• The man continues to follow him and suddenly attacks him screaming gibberish as he does fast editing can be seen being used as the man begins to attack him and finally throws him to the floor. 

• Point of view shot from Rob's eyes of the man throwing punches then looking at a metal pole.
• Shot of  Rob reaching out for pole and hitting the stranger over the head with it.
• Then there is a shot of Rob sprinting down the road then coming to a stop, breathing heavily with a close up of his face as he cries, the camera then fades to black.
• Titles 
• Black fade into image of an electric alarm clock in darkness no sound in the background, this silence is soon broken by the alarm clock going off.
• This is followed by a high angle long shot of Rob throwing off his covers and proceeding to get ready
• As he stands in the bathroom getting ready Rob pulls down his collar and sees a scratch on his neck (close up)
• He then sees the stranger once again behind him from the mirror and turns around to find nothing there
• A tracking shot is used as he looks towards the window and sees the man outside on the road
• This is followed by another tracking shot as he runs down his stairs to find the front door wide open.
• There is then a close up of Rob's face looking shocked and worried
• Fade to black