Film openings are important as they depict the films content through images and specify the films name, producers and genre. Sometimes the openings of psychological thrillers have metaphorical meanings to iconography in the opening. Thriller openings also add first impressions to the film to entice the audience and get them interested from the beginning they also can patterns of the films action
The purpose of these openings is to show the audience or tease the audience with clues of the plot which will later be revealed to make suspension in mystery In the thriller. They reveal characters personality or past experiences so you can get to know the character and have a basic understand the film further before hand.
Conventions of thriller openings:
Usually thriller openings contain visual effects and transitions to stop the opening revealing to much and to bring all the pictures together into a short story of the film. The opening of a thriller would conventionally include location, introduction to main characters, main theme tune which is repeated throughout the film, roll through of actors names.
Information that needs to be in a thriller opening:
A thriller opening should contain information such as the films title to establish the name of the film which could also play a part in identifying genre, production company name advertise the company making the film, and possibly a symbolic reference in the iconography to the films plot or specific important events in the film before they unfold.
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