Choosing our Project:
My partner Lucia and I have decided to make a film opening. This will the the opening scenes to a thriller movie, which the name is yet to be decided.  In order to make the opening scene as well as possible, my partner and I will conduct a research about the genre.


Thrillers:

In order to truly incorporate thriller elements into our film opening, I went ahead and did some research if my own about the genre. This genre is based on promoting feelings of intense excitement, suspense, and anxiety on its audience. The thrill usually occurs when the main character is placed in an uncomfortable or menacing situation. This creates a the feeling of keeping the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats'. As the plot unfolds, the main character is constantly faced with these types of situations, which create even more thrill. 
      Since I will be only doing the opening scenes of a film, it is important to be able to create that suspense on the first few minutes, and making the audience want to continue watching. In addition, based on some recommendations made by our teacher, we have to make sure we do not make the opening scenes feel or look like a trailer, so we have to be really careful of how we plan to film and edit the video.

“THRILLER - SUSPENSE FILMS .” Most Influential, Significant and Important Films in American Cinema - The 1960s, AMC Network Entertainment, www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html.