This is the beginning of the research portion for this project. I've been researching a couple articles and powerpoint's now and have a pretty good understanding of how to develop the plot in my scene. The first article I read was about the components of an opening scene. According to that article, every good opening scene has 10 certain components for it to be compelling. A very important aspect of the opening scene is to explain the backstory, in my case being that the main characters parents were killed when he was young, of the characters. A good show that exercises this component very well is the Netflix original, "Bloodline". In the pilot episode of the Bloodline, the first scene opens up with a voiceover of the protagonist explaining the backstory with his older brother. This informs the viewer of why certain things are occurring in the manner in which they are. The article also indicates that a lot of the fault with backstories is that sometimes writers go to in depth and add too much backstory to a plot to the point where it gets boring and excessive.
Another critical aspect to an opening drama is the inciting incident mentioned in the article. The inciting incident is really supposed to draw viewers in and form a problem that will present throughout a big part of the show. Other problems also branch off of the main incident. This incident also affects the main character, typically. The show Gotham opens up with Bruce Wayne's parents being killed in front of him and detective Jim Gordon promising that he will catch the killer. The main plot of the show for those two is looking for the killers, but throughout that process they encounter a numerous amount of problems.
In my plot, these components are present, making it a very dramatic scene. It'll create mystery and suspense when the main character is informed that his "dead parents" fingerprints are at a crime scene 25 years after their tragic death in a car accident.
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