Different types of thriller openings

There are three types of thriller openings and these are: Narrative; Discrete and title over blank screen. All these types of thriller openings would have music to set the genre as that is one of the main elements of the opening of the film.

Narrative opening is when the scene is set; the characters are introduced and their situation.The narrative opening sets the scene by showing us where the setting is; if it has a rural setting the film may be shot in the countryside. Also the characters are introduce; this may be through the speaker as they may be speaking towards the opening of the film of the characters may just be introduced as they enter the scene. The situation may be described through the actions of the characters or the props or even through conversation. Many different shot types are used to capture the setting.
An example of a narrative thriller opening is:


Discrete opening is like a separate film; the opening is different from the rest of the film as the rest of the film will be more into detail and would use a wide variety of camera angles. There is a different director for the opening to the rest of the film. The mood of the opening would be the same as the rest of the film as the genre stays the same. We as a class watched a discrete opening called 'seven' which focuses less on the characters and more n the props and actions; this is clear through the close ups; It builds up tension and allows the audience to get straight into the film.