How will the audience know that this is not the opening?

1) It will say in non diagetic text on the screen that this is 2017, which will begin to make sense when they see the later clips and hear the voice over of the character talking about 1997, and then it will cut to 2016.

2) Another reason the audience will understand that it this is the end is due to the use of colour on the screen. I will not be using the conventional black and white however, I will be enhancing the use of blues and greys to show making it seem like much more of a dream world scenario.

This is using my film lanuage knowledge I have from my AS Coursework, and applying it to my coursework that I am doing now. I feel that with my extensive knowledge I can help the audience to understand.