The structure of thriller openings

The main things that consist of thriller openings are

• music
• colour scheme
• camera shots/ viewpoints

all these create the tension and suspense of the thriller its self depending on the movie plot itself.

The music to a thriller opening usually starts of slow and deep then gradually the sounds builds up to create suspense and tension. If there is a narrative in the opening there will be a low music selection that is barely noticeable but still build up tension.

The colour scheme is usually dark to create mystery in the actors of seen selection, colours being grayish blues, greys and black.

The camera shots or viewpoints give us a scense of what is going on in the scene and what aspect it should have on us for example if a murder had taken place in a building the camera would move around the room slowly building up our suspicion to if the murderer is still in the building or not. But it can slo show us who not to strust or who the audience should be suspicious of and who is vunerable for example a hight camera shot looking down on a character can make that character look vunerable or scared

and a low camera shot looking up at a character can make the character look 'in charge' or of importance.