In the lesson i watched numerous thriller openings from previous years to observe and take notes on things i felt were good about the openings and what wasn't so good. I found out from one opening that i watched, how to create a sense of masculinity and threatening behaviour from the use of certain camera angles. The people used the camera at a low angle and pointed it up at one the characters as if it was a point of view shot of someone looming over the top of the victim.
On the other hand i noticed certain techniques that i wouldn't necessary use in my thriller opening. An example would be trying to fit too much of the plot into the opening sequence. I noticed in some of the thrillers that the characters where trying to tell the whole story of the plot in two minutes and this gave the opening a feeling of being disjointed and rushed.
A certain idea that i wouldn't use in my Thriller is the use of the "stalker" like figure. I feel that i've seen too many examples of thrillers that have a hooded figure (usually male) stalking a innocent character (usually female) and always resulting in the death of the innocent character. As well as the fact that i've seen too many Thrillers with stalkers in them, i feel that it is quite a basic idea, without much thought so this is an example of a Thriller idea i certainly wouldn't use.
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