Thriller is a genre which includes a numerous of overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are usually seen by fast pacing action and some sort of hero and most thriller films usually includes a powerful villain.
The key films of the thriller genre are:
Fight Club
Rear Window
The Dark Knight
Fight Club
In Fight Club, the credits of the opening gets broken up. This is a technical code of the typography and the typography being broken up connotes people being broken up physically and this links in with the film title ‘Fight’. 
There is non- diegetic sound of someone screaming. This technical code is used in many thriller or horror films to tell the audience that they should be scared and its a warning for the audience denoting that something bad is going to happen. Furthermore, the technical code of dark lighting is used in the same way in all film genres and it is a convention of the thriller genre to display the mysterious atmosphere to the audience.
Rear Window
In the film ‘Rear Window’ the opening has non-diegetic sound of technical music. Non-diegetic sound of music is used very similar in many different film genres. For this film, there was a trumpet being played. This makes the opening of the film seem very mysterious. Furthermore, it sets the mood of the film.
The typography is written in red. This is a symbolic code of danger and warning and it connotes that danger and warning. This affects the audience because the audience should be aware that something dangerous is going to happen.
There is an establishing shot of the setting. This allows the audience to get an idea of the setting and in the extreme long shot, there was two characters kissing at a window and a man was watching the two people kiss. This allows the audience to get the full picture of the two characters. Furthermore, this is effective because it allows the audience to be in that character position so they can see what he is seeing . The representation of men in ‘Rear window’ are being represented as a secretive and sly.
Dark Knight
In the film ‘Dark Knight’, the opening of the film begins with a CGI effect of a cloud and the colours of the cloud are red and the colour red is in a gradient colour with the colour black. The cloud being in a gradient colour of red and black is effective because not only the colour blends in together, but the connotations of the colour were being blended in together. The colour red connotes danger and warning and because it was blended in with the colour black, danger and warning was also blended in with the connotations of something coming to an end since black connotes death and this was connoting that someone’s life was coming to an end.
Then there is a non- diegetic sound of music being played which links into the theme of thriller. The music sound daunting and scaring. This technical code is a convention because daunting non-diegetic sound is used in a variety of thriller movies to display the atmosphere and the theme of the movie.
There are numerous amounts of close up shots of the characters. The technical code of close up shot is used in the same way in all film genres so the audience can get an insight of the characters emotions and feelings. Furthermore, it allows the audience to analyse the character in detail and by judging their role in the film.
The bad man in the film is wearing the colour purple. This is a symbolic code to represent the character’s role. The colour purple is darker than the colour red so therefore it suggests that this character is a very bad character in the film. Men are being represented as a murderers or a villains.
Evaluation of the reasearch
Above all the research, the ideas I would use in my own thriller movie opening is non –diegetic sound of mysterious music. This is effective because I think this sets the audience mood first, letting the audience feel tense. Furthermore, the non-diegetic sound of the mysterious music denotes that something bad is going to happen and hopefully it will display the theme of the movie. In addition, I will use red typography to connote the theme of the movie to inform the audience that something bad is going to happen.
Furthermore, I feel that using red typography will stand out since red is an eye-catching colour. In addition, I think that for my thriller movie opening, I think that an establishing shot will be useful. This is effective because it displays the setting of the scene.
I would use a numerous of close up match on match shots to reveal the characters face so the audience can judge the characters. Conclusively, the pace of the match on match close up shots will be quite fast. This would be effective because this will make the audience feel tense since it will be flickering back and forth fast and hopefully so this would make the audience feel tense.
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