In our media lesson today we were introduced to the concept of how Thriller openings are constructed in different ways. We watched a number of clips from different films and in this proces I realised that there are many similarities however also a lot of differences.
All of the clips included the credits, it appeared to be a trend that many of them were shown in white font on a black background. Other clips had the credits cut in to the film or over the film sometimes as the characters and events are shown, helping to give an insight in to what the film is about and adding to the setting an atmosphere.
I realised that there are two contrasting approaches to the construction of the thriller openings. One style is the calm opening which is shown in the 'Donnie Darko', we see something strange - him sitting in the middle of the road however the atmosphere is calm, as if this is normality. I really like this technique as it interests the viewer by making them wonder what is going on and building the suspense.
The contrasting opening style is to go straight in to the action, letting the viewer know from the start that there is going to be action and drama unfolding. One example of this is from the film 'Seven' The nature of the fast and messy editing as well as the misen-scene shows us straight away that there will be danger.
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