The Structure of Thriller Openings

                            There are three basic structures that are followed in film openings which are;

                                          A narrative opening with the titles running throughout:

Narrative openings are good as they give the audience a preview of the setting or the kind of setting as well as giving an effect that opens the film in a good way and this sets the scene. Normal have an environmental feel to it for example a camera panning around a mountain or around the world. This kind of opening usually has the titles running throughout with nothing nterrupting in between. It usually gives us an idea of whats happening or what the film may involve unlike discrete openings. In this opening of  "The Shining" we can see a car making a journey somewhere.


Another example of openings are discrete title sequences. These kind of openings are stylised and heavily edited.
"Se7en" is a film that uses a discrete film opening as it doesn't have any storyline or images that gives it away. The opening of this kind of film is most likely to show objects or things that may either feature in the film or may have something to do with the film. Casts names and credits still remains the same. These types of  audience have no clue of why their being shown these particular types of pictures, there is no narrative either, making it a discrete title.

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