As I was doing my research on a number of different thriller films I always came across the same forms and conventions. I feel that all thriller films use the same basic types of conventions but they turn them into their own. I think these conventions are the: music, mystery, pace of the film, colours, gender and themes.
Mystery: This is the main way I feel you can tell that a Thriller film is actually a thriller. Every thriller film that I have researched has some kind of mystery or suspense in it. The mystery is mostly reviled at the end of the film but gives the audience clues the whole way through the film. This is so the audience are at the edge of their seat and are kept wanting more.
Music: The music for thriller films are always very tense. Usually starting off with a slow pace which keeps building up until it is very fast. The music in a thriller film for me makes the film, if you don’t have the right music then you can forget about the film. The music is what gets the audience at the edge of their seat, as the music gets faster so does their heartbeats. If this happens then you know you have picked the perfect music for a thriller.
Pace of the Film: Just like I have explained with music, the pace of the music gets faster and faster. So does the pace of the shots within the film. The pace of the shots usually matches up with the pace of the music. The shots are a lot faster when action is happening but seem to be slower when the protagonist is trying to work out what is going on around them or trying to solve the mystery.
As you can see from Batman: The Dark Nights title sequence below, the pace of the music and the pace of the shots match up. The faster the music the faster the shots.
Colours: I think that colours play a massive part in making a title opening sequence. You will find in a thriller title opening sequences the colours are usually blank and white, with some lighter colours coming to it noun and again. Red is often used as it symbols blood/death. For example, Se7en title opening sequence (I will include pictures of this title opening sequence to show you the different colour used). I think it is important to get the colours right, if the audience see dark colours they will feel the room where there are get smaller and make them tense, which is the overall goal for a thriller film.
As you can see from these pictures se7en's title opening sequence uses red which stands for blood. Also this sequence uses very light colours with black, this makes the black stand out.
Gender: Usually in thriller films the antagonist is male. This is because even in now day's men are seen as the stronger people and movies like to be very stereotypical. Even if the antagonist is not always human they are still normally percieved as a male type. The antagonist may work by himself or may have an entourage helping him. The protagonist is usually a mixture of female or male.
Themes: This is want I think separates thriller films from each other. Thriller film usually uses the following themes: Isolation, Betrayal, Revenge, Outcast, Obsession, Trouble Childhood, Jealousy, Loneliness and Love/Passion.
Overall our group have tried to add these conventions into our own Title Opening Sequence to make it look as good and professional as actual film Title Opening Sequences.
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