Thriller openings from previous students

Below is a video from a previous student. This thriller is an example of a successful opening sequence at it has most of the functions of a good thriller.  I thought that the CU's in this video were significant to the genre of 'thriller' and were really effective in capturing the emotions of the characters, this was especially apparent at the end when there was a birds eye view shot of the children in the wardrobe. This shot emphasises their fear of whoever opens the door as that person has the power in that situation as they're looking down on the children, as the camera is taking position of the person. Another time that camerawork was effective was when the two girls were smoking they used a handheld camera to capture how one of the girls felt as it was moving in circles to represent how her mind felt as she was high.




Below is another video from a previous student. Another example of a successful opening sequence due to it possessing the main functions for a good thriller. Once again CU's are used successfully in this video, the first CU used was a CU of the watch, which is significant to the storyline.