I have cut out the part where the protagonist is is Sheffield and solely focused it on the time at Roche Abbey - this avoids any confusion as to why he started in the city and drove to the Abbey. In my first ideas, this would be explained later on in the full production. However, following feedback, as an opening title sequence, the narrative needs to be more apparent and explain everything. I think that by cutting the cityscapes out it just shows him arrive at Roche Abbey, and this then leads on to him drinking quite nicely, showing him by himself in the lead up to the drinking scenes.
Later on in the production it would show why he was there, but putting too much in the opening would put the audience off watching the whole film as they may feel that they already know enough about the storyline. Also, as it would most likely be released as a 'watch-at-home' film by going straight into digital and DVD release instead of the cinema, then audience engagement is more important as they are surrounded by distractions and are likely to stop watching if the narrative gives too much away in the first two minutes.
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