Thriller openings

Memento

This film uses Conventions like, guns, blood flask backs, cars and protagonists. It uses slow camera movement and mid shots, with slow editing. It uses non-diagetic music and also diagetic sound affects and dialogue.







Brick

This film uses conventions like flash backs. it uses mid and close up shots and also goes in and out of focus with slow editing. There is non diagetic music and diagetic sound effects. 

Zodiac

This film uses conventions like enigmas and guns with long and mid shots. Back lighting is used to make the killer a silhouette. The editing is slow and uses non diagetic music and diagetic sound effects and dialogue.