How does your thriller opening sequence develop or challenge forms and coventions of real thriller opening sequences?

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My opening sequence has developed thriller conventions (which I have compared with the opening sequence of the sci-fi horror-thriller The Hills Have Eyes) by:

• The use of black and white camera effects, and dark shadows to create enigma and eerie connotations.

This screen shot from the opening sequence shows the black and white effects.

Our opening sequence is similar to the horror-thriller The Hills Have Eyes opening, as it also starts in black and white (the picture above).

• Having dialogue when there is low tension, mysterious and engimatic sound effects to create suspense and build up tension, and screaming, gasping and heavy breathing at the height of the tension.
• Using different levels of action, from low levels (eg when the girls are walking and chatting) to high levels (e.g when the girls are running away) to create different levels of tension.

This shows the low level action as the girls walk by.

This picture shows the similar low level of action of scientists in The Hills Have Eyes opening.

This shows high level action as the girls run away.

This shows the high level action of the scientist fighting off a mutant in The Hills Have Eyes.

• Using different camera shots, e.g tracking shots (to create a tense, stalker effect) and point of view shots (to have the audience's vision blurred as if they are the character, and to create m0re suspense).

This shows a tracking shot of the young girl along the fence.

This is a tracking shot of water flowing from The Hills Have Eyes.

This shows a point of view shot from the view of the character Lucy.

This is a point of view shot from the scientist in The Hills Have Eyes.

• Creating mysterious characters dressed in dark and obscure clothing to make the audience question who they are and what their motives are.

This shot shows the mutant's clothing, consisting of a black hoodie with blood stains on the back, ripped jeans, and a bandage on one hand.

This shows the mutant from The Hills Have Eyes in ragged clothing and blood on him.

• Having innocent people as the victims of murder.

This shows the mutant grabbing Lucy, who is an innocent by-stander.

This shows the mutant in The Hills Have Eyes killing an innocent scientist with an axe.

• Setting the opening sequence in a deserted open space (e.g the park/forest).
  

This shows the empty forest part of the location.

This shows the empty park part of the location.

This is the empty location in a desert in The Hills Have Eyes.