The opening shot, after 8 seconds of a black screen, is of an ocean. The dark blue colour could represent that the audience are supposed to feel sorrow, this is further emphasised by the dramatic orchestral score, making the audience feel even more sorrow.
The camera slowly tilts up at a countryside. At this shot you can hear the hyperbolic wind, and its almost like the wind blows away the sorrowful music to create a nice mood with the nice scenery. This shot is the establishing shot of the opening sequence and shows the audience where the characters are. They are in an isolated location, this makes the audience ask 'why are they there?' We see a car and two characters walking away from it, this makes the audience ask even more questions. A sound is then heard, a sort of rushing wind sound, it increases in volume and tells the audience that something is about to be shown.
The rushing sound cuts us into this shot. We learn that both the characters are female. The one on the left looks like the more 'rebellious' character and maybe even the leader of the one on the right. At this point we still haven't seen what the characters look like and we don't know why they are walking away from the car. The two characters don't talk, telling the audience that they are either in shock or know what they are doing and there is no need for small talk.
This shot immediately tells the audience that they have done something bad, that either involves murdering or just violence. We see the two characters walking away from the car, but we know they have probably done this as they are in an isolated area and it is unlikely that someone else has done this. We also learn that the dead/injured man is a taxi driver, meaning that this could have been planned. The radio is still on in the taxi, meaning that the two characters ran away in a rush.
We finally see the two characters in this shot. The rebellious character in the foreground is in focus and isn't really displaying an emotion, the character in the background is out of focus and looks more effected by what has happened, this could show that the rebellious character is the leader and drags the other character around with her.
This extreme close up (ECU) of the character in the taxi's face shows that he has been brutally beaten up, he is still breathing so he isn't dead yet. The man looks reasonably old and makes the audience ask 'why him?' You don't fully see his face, this is done so you don't know who he is.
The two characters are heavily breathing and both are covered in blood (the rebellious character has more on her), this could show that the man in the taxi attacked them and they struggled to get away or the adrenaline has kicked in after what they have done. The character on the left is wearing a razor blade on a chain, this could symbolise that she is a violent character.
We now learn that the man is the taxi driver and most probably has a son, shown by the image on his keyring. This could show that he is a family man and is responsible, he doesn't look very violent, meaning that this attack could have been planned.
From this final shot we learn that the two girls have done the crime to the taxi driver. The way her fist is clenched on the knife it could show that she is still angry or is hiding her fear from the second character but is showing her fear through her clenched fist. She then drops the knife, this could show that she wants to forget about what has happened and remove all the evidence.
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