Analysis of previous Thriller openings by Long Road students

The first opening we watched was by group T1-28 and its title is Crack.



The opening managed to achieve many of the required necessities to get a top grade, however lacked dialogue and didn't give much meaning to the viewer when watched. The titles also had the problem of not being able to be read because it didn't stand out from the clips that was also being shown on screen.

The opening itself though did correspond to the thriller criteria, with it having quite dark images that goes with a thriller without question. The titles were also of a style that can make an audience feel that it is going to be in a genre like or similar to a thriller. The props used also add to the thriller aspect, with example the gun and images of a bathtub that seems to be splattered with blood; this gives an idea to the audience that there will be violence, which is found quite often in thrillers. The music, although not as sinister in comparison to stereotypical thriller soundtracks, is quite fast paced and aggressive that goes with some of the thriller aspects, especially the hybrid thrillers, such as action/thriller and crime/thriller.

The second clip we watched was by Q1-07 and was called 'Captured'



The opening sequence did not seem very believable as the antagonist wasn't shown to be hiding or mysterious. Also, the sets were quite similar resulting in similar activity from the character being stalked which left little to the imagination. The music in this opening sequence was slow and monotonous which meant that it got a little taxing and made it easier to lose interest. The shots were also very similar which would have given the group lower marks as they hadn't used a wide variety of shots. It did have some aspects of a thriller, like having an antagonist and protagonist, however it lacked other aspects such as a dark atmosphere and sinister music.