RESEARCH: Previous Student Film Opening

i was generally impressed with this student opening as they incorporated a majority of thriller opening conventions into their clip. Such as tense/mysterious music straight from the beginning, to build tension as soon as the audience is engaged into the clip to keep the audience wondering whats next.



The screen shot below demonstrates a few points i have made above.

1. - Black is a mysterious colour, in this shot both characters are wearing black. Furthermore we cannot see their faces to identify them, giving us just an over shoulder shot to signify that this mysterious individual is waiting for someone while sitting on a bench.

2. - The titles have come up on the shot, not on a separate blank title screen.

3. - The constant convention of mysteriousness comes into play again successfully as the students still have not shown the face of this character

 This short scene the camera is held in point of view manner to give the audience a similar effect as if they were their themselves, this increases the intensity of the tension.

This close up shot delibretly showing the recipients name 'Monica' and the message 'Where are you' leaves the audience wondering who and what are they talking about? this is similar to a cliffhanger which is a primary aspect of a thriller type film