Looking at thriller openings.

Looking at thriller openings.

Golden Eye

The opening to Golden eye is very effective because it really sets the atmosphere for the rest of the film, the audience is introduced to the story and characters straight away. Already in the first few minutes the audience is introduce to the main characters and quite a bit of action. It was effective to start the film with so much action because Golden eye was Piers Brosnan’s first Bond film and it shows that he is eager to get straight into the action.

28 days later

28 Days later opens almost in the middle of the story, the beginning details are unclear until a few minutes into the film, and then the story begins to be clear. During the beginning scene there is music being played, as the story line unfolds the music’s pace increases this creates a sense of tension as though important or frightening information has been discovered.

Memento

The opening to Memento is all backwards. This introduces the audience to what has already happened. The audience them wonders what has happened rather than what is going to happen. There is also a voice over during the opening this helps to set a psychological thriller theme in the film. The voice over also creates an effect that the main character is talking to himself, later on it is made evident that he has memory loss.