A dissolve from black reveals an establishing shot of the Fort Lauderdale Amtrak Station. Distant chatter and train sirens fade in to establish the setting of where the opening is going to take place. Despite the color scheme of the above storyboard panel, the shot will be in color but highly desaturated and with cold blues and greens to emphasize the somber emotional tone. Faint music starts playing, constantly gaining volume but still relatively obsolete compared to the railway noise.
A straight cut to the bridge overlooking the tracks shows what seems to be the protagonist, or a character that will later be of importance. A long shot is used to stress the environment and show their anxious stance, but refrains from highlighting any minuscule details. Another straight cut brings us to a medium shot, showing half of the characters face as they nervously watch the tracks. The music's volume has now increased, and the outside noise has been shut off. The character backs away from the railing and starts heading towards the other end of the bridge.
The audience watches the protagonist make her way across the bridge, in a hurry to get wherever she's going. The long shot stays constant until she gets to the staircase.
Right as the camera cuts from the long shot to the protagonist at the staircase, a voiceover begins, much louder than the song playing in the background. The audience can assume this narration is coming from the protagonist herself, as she asks hypothetical questions directly to them. The camera never follows the main character; It steadily remains in one location, contrasting with the character's frantic movement.
The main character comes into a long shot frame of the above awning and the barren bench. She hesitantly makes her way over to it, takes a seat, and watches the trains and people pass her. Her knee is shaking while both the music and voiceover continue. The voiceover reveals that the main character is heavily disgusted with herself; Her questions mainly entail how she can be such an animal. The goal of the depressing music and narration is to give hints as to what the movie will be about, while still not revealing any major plot details. A straight cut to a medium shot shows the protagonist from her left side, tapping her knee vigorously.
She seemed to be uncomfortable and restless on the bench, so a long shot shows the protagonist standing up and walking towards the railway. 
A cut to a full shot shows her body inching closer to the edge of the railway platform, highlighting the distressing expression in her face. The music has stayed at a constant volume, but the distant noise has all of the sudden not become distant at all. The noise clogs up the protagonist's mind and increases in volume. Meaningless conversation, sirens, and the whistling of the train layer onto one another.
A close up shot shows her legs, halfway off the edge, revealing that the depressing thoughts in her mind might be the reason for why she is assumably committing suicide. The music is no longer audible, only the white noise fills the mind of the main character. The narration is still continuing while the whistle of the train is getting closer and closer. A close up shot shows the protagonist's face tilted down into her chest. As the last line of the narration is spoken, and the train makes its way nearer, the close up shot shows the character look up blankly into the space ahead of her, and she motions forward.
A match shot shows the same character, presumably younger, in the same position as the shot before, except this time she's nearing towards the edge of a dock and her friend pulls her back, warning her that she might all. The ringing from the train scene before is reflected in this scene as her companion's ringtone. The audience now realizes that the opening scene was the end of the movie because it cuts to a time where the protagonist is younger, and where her story starts.
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