Structure of thriller openings

Structure of thriller openings

There are four types of structures of thriller openings they are the discrete title sequence which is a title sequence that consists of images of the film possibly foreshadowing or emphasising the events to come later on within the movie, and is shown quiet randomly, this helps set the tone of the movie and helps create suspense to audience. The traditional with tiles rolling throughout, this often begins with an establishing shot of a building or something, it introduces us into the location which the audience will identify possibly by the way the buildings are shaped for example we would know if a film starts off with an establishing shot of the empire state then we would know that the film is in America. Within this sort of sequence we tend to see the titles roll over the top of the screen with both the title and the opening sequence stopping as the main character is introduced. Credits over a blank screen is when the credits and the companies name appear on a blank screen the screen is mostly in black therefore we can see the credits properly at the same time there is dramatic music going on the helps Create suspense. Once this has taken place it then fades into either the location of the film or introducing us to the main character. Stylized editing is when the title sequence opening uses a range of editing to help create anxiety to the audience (try and take their breath away) it looks like it uses both discreet and traditional, but it is often very visually stylish as a result.

Trying to identify which one is which                                                      

Taking on Pelham 123 (2009)

Well, if we look at the movie taking on Pelham you will notice that it uses stylised editing Throughout the opening of the movie, this could be easily identified through the use of fast editing, fast paste and a range of establishing shots accompanied with dramatic music that lead to a catchy R&B hip hop that then fades into the main character Denzel Washington.

Psycho (1960)

Psycho is a great example of credits over a blank screen traditional film opening as the credits appear on a blank screen with stripes going from different angles emphasising the number of deaths and slicing actions within the movie from there we are then introduced to an establishing shot of the buildings and what not.

One hour photo (2002)

One hour photo uses a discrete title sequence as we are shown the introduction of the companies name accompanied with dramatic music that helps create suspense.

Panic room (2002)

Panic room uses a traditional film opening with titles running throughout the sequence, it uses an establishing shot and a range of different camera shots at the same time the names of the credits are shown, the it the pans down to the main character, a pan is when the camera follows the actor but does not move as this would be known a tracking.

MY THOUGHTS

The opening that I preferred to watch is the movie taking on Pelham 123(2009) as it used good mice en scene which is the expressions used to describe the design aspects of theatre production and film production and the editing was at a fast paste and was very stylish a neat, because of the structure of the title sequence that taking on Pelham used the type of opening I preferred that my group should go ahead and use in their opening should be stylised editing as we can get allot done with it and we can be more creative and stylish at the same time.