Thriller Opening Synopsis

The opening of the thriller starts with a file of the notorious assassin / hitman, an A4 type-up of him, his bio, and a picture of him.
There are two detectives in a room, Stephen will be playing the first detective with higher authority. He proceeds to talk about the assassin and who he is, and then explains that an anonymous client has gathered intelligence about the hitman, and directs the second detective to meet him at a given location.


The next scene features the second detective getting into his car and starting the car. As the car moves, there is a cut to the next scene, of a Land Rover entering a car park near the given location of the client, the next shot shows the back door being opened and a bag being removed.
The next shot is back to the detective in the car, on his way to the location.
After that, there is a shot of the bag being thrown up to the roof of a building, and then a shot of the assassin climbing up the building.
There is then a cut back to the detective, still in the car. This is to build suspense.


The next shot shows the client exiting some double doors with a briefcase, he looks around before walking out of the doors properly.


There is then a cut of the assassin removing his gun and aiming it at the client.
Then there is a cut back to the detective in the car again.
The shot then quickly cuts back to the client checking his watch.
A match on action shot is then shown as the client is still checking his watch, but this time through the scope of the assassin's gun.
The next shot shows the assassin pulling the trigger, and a cut back to the scope, showing the client being hit in the chest and dying.


There is then a fade to the detective's car entering the car park, followed by him getting out and heading to the alleyway to find the client's body.
The client's phone then begins to ring, the detective answers it to find the assassin is on the other end of the phone.
The detective states that he is going to catch the assassin, only for the assassin to reply with a statement about not being to catch him on one leg.
There is then a cut to the detective's leg as a gunshot is heard and he is hit in the knee, he falls to the ground and looks up to see the assassin on the top of another building, only his silhouette is seen as he runs away.
The detective then removes his own phone and contacts his superior, reporting that the client has been killed, and that the assassin had got away, he then demands a pickup.