Researching real media artefacts has helped me to understand the requirements for a film from the psychological thriller genre. I have looked at different film openings such as, 'The Machinist' and 'Memento' and they have shown me the stereotypes of film openings from this genre. They typically are very slow, this is to create tension.
They can have off key music or violin heavy music, helping to create tension and keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
The lighting is typically dark with low key lighting to accentuate the shadows, this can help to scare the audience and to keep them watching as figures can be hidden by the dark, so they need to keep watching to find out who the character is and their importance.
Costume and make up is not as important as the scenes can be very dark, or in films like 'Memento' the characters are not even shown in the first 2 minutes. However in 'The Machinist' the main character is revealed and costume and make up play a big role in presenting the character and illustrating to the audience who they are.
Overall, through my research I know have the knowledge on how to create a successful film opening for a film from the psychological film genre.
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