Before we began our thriller project all three of us (Greg, Keegan and myself) looked into professional thriller openings. I myself delved into a few but I noticed that in the openings of The Usual Suspects and Drive, one of the main areas mise en scene was the low key lighting.
Using low key lighting affects the atmosphere of the scene and creates suspense within the audience, and this suspense and willing to want to know more is what makes a thriller. As well as this I found that the dialogue that these characters had in The Usual Suspects and Drive was very limited. This also contributed to the affect these Thrillers were trying to obtain with there openings, it in a sense kept the audience guessing.
In our thriller opening, we took hold of these ideas and used them in the loft scene where Jake finds an old box with his fathers belongings in. We tried to keep the audience guessing by incorporating low key lighting when Jake was looking into the box, and the lack of description his and his friend's (Kyle) to keep the audience in a state of mind where they would not know the full story.
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