When we were told to design an opening to a thriller the film that came into my mind was Seven. Seven was well above its time in the thriller genre when it came out and was nominated for an Oscar. Me and Ben found most of our inspiration from Seven.
Sound
Non diegetic music is used within this film clip and it has an electric sound to it which sounds a lot like screeching. This is not necessarily a nice noise that many people would like to hear. This is done deliberately because similarly to the soundtrack in 'The Collector' it hits some peoples nerves and makes them feel uncomfortable. The music has definitely been done to make the audience feel tense and uncomfortable. This is typical of the Thriller genre. There is a height in the music when what seems to be a razorblade goes across the persons finger. This is something that would also hits some nerves because it makes people feel uncomfortable again.
Camera work
The shots that are used are mainly close ups of different objects such as hands and animals. This gives away the storyline a little bit because the director would not put clips of different objects into the opening scene unless they were important and part of the film. It would seem unlikely because the opening scene sets the scene for the whole of the film. There is also a lot of close ups on a book which shows that this book must be important because they would not focus on the book otherwise. I like the way that the flashing is disturbing and they use shocking images so that you feel as though you shouldn't have seen the image. The lighting is also good in this opening scene because it is dark and off colour which makes it look merky which gives the impression that it is dirty where they are filming.
Editing
The editing is mainly just straight cuts to the different images. They have decided not to use any fancy transitions and the straight cuts do exactly the job that they need to do. There is a flicker effect which makes it seem old fashioned and not very modern in the film industry. Even though it could have been done this way because of the lack of technology at the time but it creates a good effect for the thriller genre.
Mise en scene
I feel as though the mise en scene for this scene is very good because all of the props fit into the killers mind. For example, in the image below there is a man with a long drill through his head which shows how the killer is researching death and murder. On some of the images it almost shows the inside of the killers mind because he thinks fast about what he is doing and seems as though he doesn't hesitate before killing someone.
Titles
There is a white font on black background font on the titles ground. There is also a flicker effect which could be done to create a ghostly effect. It attracts the audiences attention when it is flickering because they see something moving on the eye. I really liked that the titles were floating in random places on the screen because it gave the impression that not even the title knew where they were meant to be. The font and how to words are scattered around suggests that the titles are not really put together but this is done deliberately because this is what the director wanted the audience to feel.
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