My name is Ryley and I am a Yr. 12 media student at The Fitzwimarc School. I will be making a two-minute-long movie opening of a thriller, where I will use the typical conventions of an opening of a thriller. These being the title, including the credits with the actors and directors, the production companies, to create suspense, create excitement, a sense of ominous confusion and or undertones.

I have chosen thriller as the genre for my opening as I have always found thrillers exciting and fun to watch. For example, the movie “Seven” has an abstract opening of close ups and extreme close ups of hands and photos. However, why I really like it is because the opening sequence is more than just random shots, it is showing the viewer the killers work and parts of the story.

Another thriller that I have recently watched is “John Wick chapter 2” and this film has an almost opposite movie opening to the opening of seven. This is  where John is shown between cuts as another man talks about what John has done and what he is. This is a very effective way to learn about who John Wick is, state the genre and lay down the basic narrative for the rest of the movie.