Introduction

The stucture of the thriller openings.

There are three types of basic Thriller openings:

-A narrative opening with the titles running throughout.
-A discrete title sequence.
-Titles on a plain background, followed by the narrative opening.

I have studied four different Thriller openings:

The shining - A narrative opening with the titles.
Arlington Road - A discrete title sequence.
What Lies Beneath - Titles on a plain background..
Deja Vu - A narrative opening with the titles.