WHAT MAKES A GOOD ‘ACTION/THRILLER’ OPENING SEQUENCE?

• What makes a good ‘action/thriller’ opening sequence?

• Close-ups and extreme close-ups; not revealing much identity, making the audience ask lots of questions.

• Make the audience ask questions to do with what's going on in the scene.• Titles relating to mise en scene• Titles that stand out, strike the audience's attention, keep them entertained & inform at the

same time.• Music matching the genre. In this case, action music, 'James Bond-like' missionary, fast-

paced, tension-rising.• Fast cuts of the shots to add to the tension; keep them short& snappy.• Chronological order of titles, most-least important actors, least-most important casting

members.