Analysis of thriller openings

Cape fear (old version)

Sound

• non diegetic sound 
• thriller type music
• sound is telling us what is happening
• orchestral

SFX

• NONE

Camera shots

• long shot of man walking ( tracking shot)
• he has power with the low shot types making audience look inferior

Mis-en-Sceme

• old style of font
• loyal building 
• the scene of the inside of the building was shot in a studio
• the scene of him walking was shot in a location

Editing

• black & white
• continuity 
• slow waking to the phase of the music

Conventions

• creating suspension & tension for the audience

Cape fear (new version)

Sound

• music slow & steady then slowly builds up to create tension
• thunder & rain (diegetic sound)

SFX

• changing of colors into red & blue
• the tear drop changing in the water into blood
• the eagle (a bird of prey) fyling out of the water in the begining signifying hunting.

Camera 

• extreme close up of the girls eyes 
  

Editing

• font not as big as the old version, slightly smaller & tilted.
• montage

Conventions

• dark opening
• red water signifying blood
• voyersim, her eyes watching