Importance of the opening to a thriller

The opening to a thriller is very important to set the scene and mood for the thriller. It gives the audience a snippet of what is going to happen and makes them want to watch on to see it all unfold. It makes the suspense start before the thriller actually begins.

Also during the opening of a thriller, we have the title sequence, the title sequence is important to the thriller because, for one it informs the audience who is actually in the thriller, secondly you can tell a lot from the title sequence from the font and size of the writing used. For example if red, italic, jagged writing is used together, it gives the audience the idea that this could be a eary/bloody sort of horror thriller. If the size of the font is bigger it stands out more because if it is big it is more then likely going to catch somebody's eye.



By Ian Slade