The opening credits feature tense music to make the audience feel on edge and increase tension. Shots of blood running on the floor entice viewers and add suspense without revealing what happened. Editing further builds tension by showing glasses splattered with blood on the wall. The setting of a dark, dirty basement is symbolic of the murder and action to come in this thriller genre film.

2. Sound
The sound all the way through the
opening credits is a tension building
piece of music. The connotation of
this is to get the audience to feel on
edge and get their heart pumping.
This goes well with the action thriller
genre because it action thrillers it is
all about tension and getting your
heart to beat.

3. Cinematography
This part shows blood running
along the floor. The denotation
for this is that you know
something is about to happen
but you don’t know quite
what. You know it will be
something violent but you
don’t know if the person
whose blood it is alive/dead,
stabbed shot or self inflicted

4. Cinematography
By having this image for a while
on the screen the audience are
dying to know what it is and
what it links in with. This is a
very good technique of enticing
the audience in. This links in
with the genre action thriller
because it is adding on
suspense and it will suddenly
explode with action.

5. Editing
The editors edit in a pair of glasse
with blood splattered all over
them and up the wall to add to
the already massive tension. This
method is so the audience feel
nervous and they start to get a
picture of who the victim is and
what part he plays in the
narrative.

6. Editing
The opening of the film has
been edited so that it is being
played backwards. This pulls the
audience in because they do not
know what is going on and it
takes them a while to realise. It
is really clever and sneaky. But
once you realise it becomes
clear what is going on.

7. Setting
The setting of the opening scene is
a room which looks a bit like a
basement. The denotation of this
setting is that it is dark like murder
and is dirty like murder as well. The
setting is symbolic and shows the
audience the type of action there is
going to be in this action thriller.

8. Characters This character has just
murdered somebody but at
this moment the audience
do not have a clue who he
is. This links in well with the
genre of an action thriller
because it is really fast and
you have to try and keep
up.
The connotation of this still is that he
has done something wrong because he
has just been killed. The audience
don’t know what he has done so it
adds more mystery to the film and the
audience want to watch more because
they are intrigued to see what that
man has done to deserve being shot.

9. Narrative
From this still you know that
the film is about some sort of
investigation which is most
likely murder. But as nobody
has said anything yet there is a
massive amount of mystery to
this image. This links in with
the genre of an action thriller.

10. Titles
The producer has decided to have
bright blue titles and a black
background because they are
contrasting colours and this gives a
more suspended view. Also the blue
could represent cold and the film
could be chilling. In conclusion it is to
build up the suspense and the
audience wanting to know what the
film is about.