One idea I've decided to discount is the idea of the main character, now named Julie, quitting her job after the montage. There weren't any problems with time that forced this idea to be cut out entirely, it's more about what the inclusion of the scene says about the montage that precedes it. If I were to cut from the montage to, say, a wide shot of Julie throwing her apron on the floor and walking out of her job, it would mean that the montage before it was supposed to convey a growing sense of anger, when the montage's purpose is intended to make Julie seem depressed or bored with her repetitive life.
Another idea I decided to cut out is the idea of Julie waking up when the opening begins. This time, the main reason is time, but the other secondary reason is that it would be communicating/adding absolutely nothing to the narrative at all. Having the camera show Julie waking up in her house and possibly having her keep the dead-inside-type face while waking up would just be telling the viewer the same idea the montage would, and it would take away from the more important scene later in the opening.
The last change I decided to make was to change the time of the final scene to midday. The reasoning behind this is in no way because daytime is better than nighttime thematically, it is because it would be much easier to film during the day with lighting not being a problem. The lighting problem was sitting in the back of my head for a while, and I finally made the decision to stop making light of it(sorry.)
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